postage
Other forms: postages
Postage is the cost of sending something in the mail. If the postage for mailing your brother's collection of porcelain pigs is too high, you might want to bring them with you when you drive to his house instead.
Use the noun postage for the expense of mailing letters and packages, or for the stamps themselves: "Don't forget to attach the postage before you put that in the mailbox!" Some people, in fact, refer to them as "postage stamps." Postage comes from post, "mail system": early mail carriers were "posted" along a road, like a relay race, to speed delivery.
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the charge for mailing somethingtype of:chargethe price charged for some article or service
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a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paidsynonyms: postage stamp, stamp
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Vocabulary lists containing postage
This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "result of an action; collection
Stories about expressive cats, a festival of lights, and a rare postage stamp all contributed words to this list of vocabulary from the week's news.