- post-office
- почта, почтовое отделение
Англо-русский строительный словарь. 2013.
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Post Office — Année d émission 1847 Valeur faciale 1 penny et 2 pence Pays Île Maurice Description reine Victoria … Wikipédia en Français
Post office — Post Post, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
post office — ˈpost ˌoffice noun [countable] 1. a place where you can buy stamps, send parcels etc: • Customers have complained about the length of time spent queuing at their local post office. 2. the Post Office the national organization in several countries … Financial and business terms
post office — post offices 1) N SING: usu the N The Post Office is the national organization that is responsible for postal services. The Post Office has confirmed that up to fifteen thousand jobs could be lost in sorting offices over the next five years. 2) N … English dictionary
post office — 1650s, public department in charge of letter carrying, from POST (Cf. post) (3) + OFFICE (Cf. office). Meaning building where postal business is carried on is from 1650s. In slang or euphemistic sense of sexual game it refers to a parlor game… … Etymology dictionary
post office — post .office n 1.) a place where you can buy stamps, send letters and packages etc 2.) the Post Office the national organization which is responsible for collecting and delivering letters … Dictionary of contemporary English
post office — (PO) The basic organizational unit of the USPS. Generally, each post office has primary responsibility for collection, delivery, and retail operations in a specific geographic area. Each year, these units are categorized by revenue and mail… … Glossary of postal terms
Post office — Post of fice, n. See under 4th {Post}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
post office — post office, adj. 1. an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered. 2. (often cap.) the department of… … Universalium
post office — n. 1. the governmental department in charge of the mails 2. an office or building where mail is sorted for distribution, postage stamps are sold, etc. ☆ 3. a kissing game for young people in which one pretending to be postman gives out kisses… … English World dictionary
post office — post ,office noun count * a place where you can buy stamps, mail letters and packages, and receive mail … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
