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postage

/ˈpəʊstɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈpoʊstɪd͡ʒ/

postage noun: the system of transporting letters, and parcels.

Noun

postage (countable and uncountable, plural postages)

  1. (uncountable) The system of transporting letters, and parcels.
    Synonyms:
    post, mail
  2. The charge for posting an item.
  3. The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.

postage meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

postage in Tamil

அஞ்சற் கட்டணம், அஞ்சற்கட்டணம், அஞ்சல் கட்டணம், அஞ்சற் செலவு

postage in Bengali

ডাকমাসুল

postage in Malayalam

തപാൽക്കൂലി, പത്രവാഹനമൂല്യം, പോസ്റ്റേജ്

postage in Kannada

ಅಂಚೆವೆಚ್ಚ, ಟಪಾಲು ವೆಚ್ಚ

Examples of postage in a sentence

  • The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves.
  • The stampless letter eventually reached me, but I had to pay for its postage.
  • We have just a postage stamp of a back garden.

All 21 example sentences with postage

Synonyms of postage

Forms of postage

pluralpostages

Origin of postage

From post + -age.

Words formed from postage

Phrases with postage

Questions about postage

What does postage mean?
Postage means the system of transporting letters, and parcels.
What is postage in Tamil?
Postage in Tamil is அஞ்சற் கட்டணம், அஞ்சற்கட்டணம், அஞ்சல் கட்டணம். See Postage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is postage?
Postage is a noun.
How do you pronounce postage?
Postage is pronounced /ˈpəʊstɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of postage?
The plural of postage is postages.

Words near postage in the dictionary

  1. postadolescents
  2. postadoption
  3. postadoptive
  4. postadrenalectomy
  5. postadsorption
  6. postage
  7. postage and packaging
  8. postage and packing
  9. postage code
  10. postage codes
  11. postage due

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: postage (page history and authors); postage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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