Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The charge for mailing an item.
  • noun The stamps, labels, or printing placed on an item to be mailed as evidence of payment of this charge.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of posting or going by post; hence, passage; journey.
  • noun The rate or charge levied on letters or other articles conveyed by post.
  • noun The hire of a horse for traveling; the sum paid for the hire.
  • noun The sending of letters, etc., by post.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.
  • noun a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The charge for posting an item.
  • noun The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the charge for mailing something
  • noun a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

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Examples

  • (Free normal postage or + $2.50 for register post) * I will not be responsible if your item get damage or lost due to postage*

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2010

  • (Free normal postage or + $2.50 for register post) * I will not be responsible if your item get damage or lost due to postage*

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2010

  • Looks like the only way you should have to pay for the increase in postage is if you mail it at a postal counter.

    Sound Politics: Mail Ballot Horror Show (XI): Postage issues 2006

  • Just for my own information, I just took the time to see what a book that cost $17.96 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would cost me in postage (and custom's duty in the case of Amazon direct) here in Mazatlán.

    USPS Priority mail flat/ rate packages 2009

  • Just for my own information, I just took the time to see what a book that cost $17.96 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would cost me in postage (and custom's duty in the case of Amazon direct) here in Mazatlán.

    USPS Priority mail flat/ rate packages 2009

  • Just for my own information, I just took the time to see what a book that cost $17.96 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would cost me in postage (and custom's duty in the case of Amazon direct) here in Mazatlán.

    USPS Priority mail flat/ rate packages 2009

  • Just for my own information, I just took the time to see what a book that cost $17.96 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would cost me in postage (and custom's duty in the case of Amazon direct) here in Mazatlán.

    USPS Priority mail flat/ rate packages 2009

  • Just for my own information, I just took the time to see what a book that cost $17.96 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would cost me in postage (and custom's duty in the case of Amazon direct) here in Mazatlán.

    USPS Priority mail flat/ rate packages 2009

  • Just for my own information, I just took the time to see what a book that cost $17.96 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would cost me in postage (and custom's duty in the case of Amazon direct) here in Mazatlán.

    USPS Priority mail flat/ rate packages 2009

  • Just for my own information, I just took the time to see what a book that cost $17.96 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble would cost me in postage (and custom's duty in the case of Amazon direct) here in Mazatlán.

    USPS Priority mail flat/ rate packages 2009

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