postal service
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊstəl ˈsɜrvɪs/
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servicio postal
- I have always admired the efficiency of the postal service in delivering mail on time.
They've negotiated deeply discounted rates for you from the US Postal Service, UPS, DHL and more.
- They've negotiated deeply discounted rates for you from the US Postal Service, UPS, DHL and more.
- I think leftover from the Postal Service days when they started doing mail by plane.
- I think it's a couple bucks to file that, but at least then the United States Postal Service can forward your check to the correct location.
- This sound, this may sound very quaint to younger people today who the idea of of people actually mailing handwritten letters through the Postal Service.
- For example, there was already a gigantic logistics network called the US Postal Service and UPS and FedEx.
- And if you're doing that, you have to have funds for the Postal Service as well, which he has objected to.
- Today we're reviewing and benchmarking the United States Postal Service versus Gamers Nexus and the mod mats.
- The, the, the, the Postal Service is the biggest distributor of illegal narcotics in the US.
Examples
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Many people rely on the postal service to send packages to their loved ones during the holidays.
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My family has been in the postal service for three generations.
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When did you start working for the postal service?
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The postal service is busy, too.
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The government postal service must be sold or closed down.
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The government has totally failed to manage something as simple as the postal service.
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Hey, the postal service is very reliable.
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The postal service is dying.
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The Ukrainian Postal Service announced the stamp design after holding a public vote on social media.
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Many tax-exempt organizations are also eligible for lower U.S. Postal Service rates.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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The service that sends and delivers letters and packages
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Letters and packages that are delivered to people
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A public place where people send and pick up letters and parcels
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An official system that sends letters and packages between places, often run by the government
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the official system for sending and delivering letters and parcels' is directly and transparently derived from 'postal' (pertaining to mail) and 'service' (an organization or provision). This adjective + noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The name postal service comes from old mail posts, places where horse riders stopped to change horses and pass on messages, and service meant a system that helped people. Picture a line of riders and posts carrying 'letters' and 'parcels' between towns, so today postal service means the official system for sending and delivering 'letters' and 'parcels'.