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postcode lotteries

postcode lotteries is the plural of postcode lottery.

Meaning of postcode lottery

Noun

postcode lottery (plural postcode lotteries)

  1. (UK) The unequal availability or quality of services, especially public services such as healthcare or education, in different parts of the country.
    • There is a National Institute for Clinical Excellence which is working its way through examining drugs and treatments and dictating what treatment and drugs should be used across the country to prevent the postcode lottery of previous years.1998, Talking Politics, London: The Politics Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 138, column 3

Questions about postcode lotteries

What is postcode lotteries the plural of?
Postcode lotteries is the plural of postcode lottery.

Words near postcode lotteries in the dictionary

  1. postclypeus
  2. postcochlear
  3. postcode
  4. postcode area
  5. postcode district
  6. postcode lotteries
  7. postcode lottery
  8. postcode sector
  9. postcode unit
  10. postcode war
  11. postcode wars

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