box number

  • 1box number — ➔ number1 * * * box number UK US noun [C] (also box) COMMUNICATIONS ► a number you can give for people to communicate with you instead of your address, especially in advertisements: »When the newspaper inserts a box number in an ad and forwards… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2box number — box ,number noun count an address consisting of the number of a P.O. Box (=an address you use instead of your real address) …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 3box number — box numbers N COUNT A box number is a number used as an address, for example one given by a newspaper for replies to a private advertisement, or one used by an organization for the letters sent to it …

    English dictionary

  • 4box-number — ox number n. the mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5box number — ► NOUN ▪ a number identifying an advertisement in a newspaper, used as an address for replies …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6box number — index address Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 7box number — box .number n an address at the ↑post office that people can have their letters etc sent to instead of their own address …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8box number — noun 1. the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected • Syn: ↑post office box number, ↑PO box number, ↑PO Box No • Hypernyms: ↑mailing address 2. a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 9box number — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms box number : singular box number plural box numbers an address consisting of the number of a po box (= an address you use instead of your real address) …

    English dictionary

  • 10box number — /ˈbɒks nʌmbə/ (say boks numbuh) noun 1. a number of a box at a post office, used as an address. 2. a number given in a newspaper advertisement as an address to which replies may be directed, care of the newspaper office …