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Post office box is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POST OFFICE BOX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Post-office box

A post-office box or Post Office box (commonly referred to as a PO box or a Postal Box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office station. In many countries, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, there is no 'door to door' delivery of mail. For example, should one post mail to a street address in Namibia, it will be returned to sender as undeliverable. Consequently renting a PO box has traditionally been the only way to receive mail in such countries, although some, like Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, are now introducing home delivery. Generally, post office boxes are rented from the post office either by individuals or by businesses on a basis ranging from monthly to annual, and the cost of rent varies depending on the box size. Central business district (CBD) PO boxes are usually more expensive than rural PO boxes. In the United States, the rental rate used to be uniform across the country. Now, however, a postal facility can be in any of seven fee groups by location; in addition, certain customers qualify for free box rental.

Definition of post office box in the English dictionary

The definition of post office box in the dictionary is a private numbered place in a post office, in which letters received are kept until called for.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POST OFFICE BOX

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WORDS THAT END LIKE POST OFFICE BOX

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Synonyms and antonyms of post office box in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «post office box» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POST OFFICE BOX

Find out the translation of post office box to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of post office box from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «post office box» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

邮政信箱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apartado de correos
570 millions of speakers

English

post office box
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोस्ट ऑफिस बॉक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مربع مكتب في مرحلة ما بعد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почтовый ящик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caixa postal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোস্ট অফিস বক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boîte postale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kotak pejabat pos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Postfach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

私書箱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우체국 상자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kothak pos kantor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hộp bưu điện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அஞ்சல் பெட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्ट ऑफिस बॉक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Posta kutusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casella postale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Skrytka pocztowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поштовий ящик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

post box office
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

post box office
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

posbus
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

postbox
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postboks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of post office box

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POST OFFICE BOX»

The term «post office box» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.534 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POST OFFICE BOX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about post office box

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POST OFFICE BOX»

Discover the use of post office box in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to post office box and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comprehensive Physics XII
[Ans. 30 Q] POST-OFFICE BOX Introduction. It is so named because its shape is like a box and it was originally designed to determine the resistances of electric cables and telegraph wires. It was used in post offices to determine the resistance ...
Narinder Kumar, 2003
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Community recreation and the public domain: the Recreation ...
Socorro District Office 350 Neal Street Post Office Box 1456, Socorro OREGON State Office and Land Office: 710 Northeast Holladay, Portland 12 District Offices: Baker District Office Resort and Colorado Streets Post Office Box 591, Baker ...
United States. Dept. of the Interior, 1963
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Competition Science Vision
(viii) Post office box, meter bridge and Carey Foster bridge are instruments based on the principle of Wheat- stone bridge and are used to measure unknown resistance or specific resistance. Note — Wheatstone bridge is not suitable for the ...
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Post Office Box 185, Vaduz, Liechtenstein [FRY SAM] INCETRA ETABLISSEMENT S.A., Vaduz. Liechtenstein [FRY S&M] MENIL ENSTALT COMPANY, Vaduz. Liechtenstein [LIBYA] NORDSTRAND LTD., Liechtenstein [ CUBA] OCTOBER ...
‎1983
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
a Royal Navy ship of not less than twenty guns (also: post- ship): Every ship of twenty guns or more was a post-ship, and a man was ordinarily said to be posted, that is, appointed to command a ship. post box post-office box post box - (UK) a ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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The Office Professional's Guide
220 THE OFFICE PROFESSIONAL'S GUIDE Street Address, Suite, or Post Office Box Spell out numerical street and avenue names ten and under: Seventh Avenue; 42nd Street. Use numerals for house and building numbers but spell out  ...
Christine A. Lindberg, Erin McKean, 2005
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Kenya
All addresses in Kenya have a post office box number, except out in the sticks where some are just given as "Private Bag", or "PO", followed by the location of the post office. There's no home delivery service. In large towns, business and office ...
Richard Trillo, 2002
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Publications of the National Bureau of Standards, 1976 ...
Reprints of this Handbook can be purchased as NCRP Report 9 at $2.00 from NCRP Publications, Post Office Box 30175, Washington, DC 20014. Handbook 53, Recommendations for the Disposal of Carbon-14 Wastes. Reprints of this ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Betty L. Burris, 1977
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Publications of the National Bureau of Standards, 1974 ...
purchased as NCRP Report 16 at $2.00 from NCRP Publications, Post Office Box 30175, Washington, D.C. 20014. Handbook 59, Permissible Dose from External Sources of Ionizing Radiations. Reprints of this Handbook can be purchased as ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Betty L. Hurdle, 1975
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L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
920 Delivery Alternatives 921 POST OFFICE BOX AND CALLER SERVICE 921.1 Caller Service. 921.11 Definition. 921.111 Caller service is a service which permits a customer to obtain mail addressed to the customer's box number through a ...
‎2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POST OFFICE BOX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term post office box is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kansas DCF offices to operate at new address on Oliver starting Aug …
The office will continue to operate its post office box mailing address but after Aug. 31, paperwork should be mailed directly to the Oliver ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
2
Gloucester Township Police Advise Residents on Avoiding Internet …
Obtain a physical address rather than simply a post office box and a telephone number, and call the seller to see if the telephone number is ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Sentencing set for Tazewell man charged in prison bribery case
Latoya Austin opened a post office box where many of the payments were mailed. The Austins are scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 14. «WVVA TV, Jul 15»
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Oct. sentencing set for Va. couple in prison bribery case
Latoya Austin opened a post office box where many of the payments were mailed. The Austins are scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 14. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Final week to vote absentee
In Lauderdale County, that number is 601-482-9731. Those who have made a change in their address, even if it is a post office box number, ... «Meridian Star, Jul 15»
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The Harper Lee I used to know
Daily, as she had for years, Alice visited their post office box and, in plastic grocery bags, toted the letters home or to the office. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
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Untraceable: A safe address
Each day, Linda Hall, the program's coordinator, goes to the program's Montpelier post office box, retrieves the mail, sorts it and remails it to ... «Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Jul 15»
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Ask Jerry: Answer to question? No comment
Readers are invited to write in English or Spanish: Ask Jerry, Post Office Box 42444, Washington DC 20015. Email askjerry@earthlink.net and ... «Lompoc Record, Jul 15»
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The process of mailing out over 45000 voter registration cards is …
We have had many voters adding a post office box or no longer using a post office box which effects the possibility of mail being returned. We cannot stress ... «WTOK, Jul 15»
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Orwigsburg Post Office to close up for clean-up
Those who have a post office box in Orwigsburg — there are about 200 post office boxes — and want to have their mail sent to their address ... «Republican & Herald, Jul 15»

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