postage
pronunciation
How to pronounce postage in British English:
UK [ˈpəʊstɪdʒ]
How to pronounce postage in American English:
US [ˈpoʊstɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the charge for mailing something
- a token that postal fees have been paid
Word Origin
- postage (n.)
- 1580s, "sending of mail by post;" 1650s as "cost of sending something by mail," from post (n.3) + -age. Postage stamp is attested from 1840; they were recorded as being collected in albums by 1862.
Example
- 1. The postage is not enough for this letter .
- 2. What 's the postage for this package ?
- 3. What 's the postage for this letter ?
- 4. Perhaps a scammer managed to obtain a large quantity of international postage in that country , or has figured out how to drop envelopes with fake postage into the american mail stream .
- 5. The official short story book used by the harry potter author , who read the opening to jm barrie 's peter pan to the children of great ormond street hospital , was put on sale by an unnamed doctor for 30 , plus 4.50 postage on ebay .