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postal note

postal note noun: a note of postal currency.

Noun

postal note (plural postal notes)

  1. (historical) A note of postal currency.
    • Since no two things are alike... there must be a difference between two postal notes.1862 December 14, The New York Times, page 3
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of postal order.
    • In 1893 an inland and intercolonial parcels post was established and the postal-note system introduced [to New South Wales].1926, Australian Encyclopedia, volume II, page 318
    Synonyms:
    postal order
  3. (US, historical) A fixed-sum postal order issued by the USPS between 1945 and 1951.

Synonyms of postal note

Forms of postal note

pluralpostal notes

Questions about postal note

What does postal note mean?
Postal note means a note of postal currency.
What part of speech is postal note?
Postal note is a noun.
What is the plural of postal note?
The plural of postal note is postal notes.

Words near postal note in the dictionary

  1. postal history
  2. postal money order
  3. postal money orders
  4. postal money-order
  5. postal money-orders
  6. postal note
  7. postal notes
  8. postal office
  9. postal office box
  10. postal order
  11. postal orders

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