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Meaning of "sub-post office" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUB-POST OFFICE

sub-post office play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUB-POST OFFICE

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Sub-Post office 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 SUB-POST OFFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sub-post office

Post Office Ltd

Post Office Ltd is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches. The company is owned by the UK Government through Postal Services Holding Company Limited, which also holds the government's stake in Royal Mail plc.

Definition of sub-post office in the English dictionary

The definition of sub-post office in the dictionary is a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUB-POST OFFICE

sub judice
sub rosa
sub-branch
sub-clause
sub-entry
sub-frame
sub-librarian
sub-machine gun
sub-machine-gun
sub-menu
sub-postmaster
sub-postmistress
sub-Saharan
sub-Saharan Africa
sub-surface
sub.
suba
subabbot
subabdominal
subacetate

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUB-POST OFFICE

back office
back-office
box office
front office
head office
head post office
Home Office
in office
main office
office
out of office
Oval Office
post office
press office
public prosecutor´s office
registered office
sacrifice
suffice
the office
the Oval Office
the Stationery Office

Synonyms and antonyms of sub-post office in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sub-post office» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUB-POST OFFICE

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

Translator English - Chinese

子邮局
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oficina sub -post
570 millions of speakers

English

sub-post office
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उप डाकघर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكتب البريد الفرعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суб - почта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sub- correios
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপ-পোস্ট অফিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petit bureau de poste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pejabat pos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unter Post
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サブ郵便局
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

서브 우체국
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantor pos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiểu bưu điện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துணை தபால் அலுவலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उप-पोस्ट ऑफिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alt-postane
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ufficio sub -post
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sub -post, biuro
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суб- пошта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oficiu sub -post
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπο - ταχυδρομείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sub - poskantoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

poststation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

poståpneri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sub-post office

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUB-POST OFFICE»

The term «sub-post office» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.596 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUB-POST OFFICE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUB-POST OFFICE»

Discover the use of sub-post office in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sub-post office and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
the names of staff who are there because this is based on contract terms. Mr. Deputy Speaker: What is the position at the moment? Is the sub-post office currently being managed on contract basis? Mr. Were: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon.
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Post Office Closure Programme: Third Report of Session ...
2 Background 2. 1 The House of Commons Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Committee inquiry looks at the early experiences of Post Office Ltd's Network Change programme for restructuring the sub-post office network. It also looks ...
‎2008
3
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
A sub-post office is up-graded ro a full departmental post office in consideration of the postal businesses conducted from the area. The postal business accruing from Myanga Sub-Post Office did not warrant establishment of a full post office as  ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Kabartonjo Sub-Post office was opened on 14th July, 1967 and conducts an amount of business which, I am sure, the hon. Member is aware of, such as sales of postage stamps, sales and cashments of postal orders and so on. I understand  ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Member will be delighted to hear that we opened a sub-post office there in 1965, and unless the hon. Member is thinking of upgrading Shianda Market to a full post office, that will be a different question, because we already have the sub- post ...
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Oversight of the Post Office network change programme: ...
This was the first time that the Government had funded Post Office Ltd compensation payments. The closures were agreed by Post Office Ltd provided that the sub-post office to be closed was one that Post Office Ltd had identified as a possible ...
Great Britain: National Audit Office, 2009
7
Postal services in Scotland: first report of session 2010-11
Where Post Office Local has replaced a standard sub Post Office in the pilots, the opening times have, on average, increased by 45 hours per week.127 78. Paula Vennells, Managing Director, Post Office Limited, explained the advantages of ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee, 2011
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Post Office Finance: Matters Arising from Evidence Taken on ...
It would certainly affect the financial value of that sub-post office to the sub- postmaster. It would probably be harder, for example, for a sub-postmaster to sell that business if it was thought that it was unprofitable to Post Office Ltd. If I am issuing ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee, 2008
9
Post Office closure programme: third report of session ...
If people are to respond sensibly to proposals to close a particular sub-post office , they need to know why that branch has been put forward for closure. There may be some details which need to be kept confidential, but this should be strictly ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee, 2008
10
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
(b) For a sub-post office to be upgraded, it is necessary for the business obtained there to be roughly Sh. 1,600 per month. At the moment Runyenjes Sub-post Office has a monthly earning of Sh. 330. This does not justify its upgrading to ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUB-POST OFFICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sub-post office is used in the context of the following news items.
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office - New series starts …
The 11,500-strong network of Post Office branches has been in crisis lately. Your local sub-Post Office – assuming it hasn't already closed its doors – may soon ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
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'Downgrade' to see post office open for longer
Isle of Man Post Office has signed the contract with Mannin Retail Ltd to provide postal ... Post Office bosses say switching to sub-post offices would reduce its ... «Isle of Man Today, Jul 15»
3
Letham Post Office boss Carol Oswald jailed for embezzlement
A Post Office manager who stole more than £100,000 from her work, a charity and an elderly friend has been jailed for more than three years. Sub-post office ... «BBC News, May 15»
4
The Post Office drives sub-postmasters to ruin or suicide
In the past, cashpoints in sub-post offices were filled by bank security staff. But then the Post Office insisted that sub-postmasters become responsible for that ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
5
Review finds failings in Post Office prosecution of sub-postmasters
The Post Office said the report 'repeated complaints by a small number of former ... The Post Office failed to investigate irregularities at sub-post offices before ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Ramsey post office saved but downgraded
It will continue to operate at its Parliament Street building but it will be downgraded from a Crown post office to a sub-post office. «Isle of Man Today, Apr 15»
7
Public lay siege to sub-post office
Depositors laid siege to a sub-post office at Sirunaickenpatti village near Chinnalapatti here on Tuesday as the post master allegedly swindled deposit amount ... «The Hindu, Feb 15»
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Minister reveals potential for U-turn on Ramsey post office
Under existing plans, the Crown post office would close and a sub-post office be set up in the nearby Spar store. The plans has sparked a protest march in the ... «Isle of Man Today, Feb 15»
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MPs attack Post Office sub-postmaster mediation scheme
MPs have criticised the Post Office for how it has handled claims its IT system ... Jo Hamilton, who used to run a sub-post office from her village shop in South ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
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Post Office IT system criticised in report
Last year, Jo Hamilton - who used to run a sub-post office from her village shop in South Warnborough, Hampshire - told the BBC that the system had made up a ... «BBC News, Sep 14»

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