PO box

Rented postal receptacle

A PO box is a numbered compartment at a post office where mail is held for pickup rather than delivered to a home or business address.

People rent PO boxes for privacy, convenience, or when they lack a fixed address: Send your payment to PO box 447.

Short for post office box.

addressing

address

Speak to formally

receiver · label · routing · destination · return address · suite number · mail hold · redirect · remail · notification

correspondence

letters

Alphabetic characters or mail

postcards · packages · parcels · stationery · penpals · newsletter · catalogue · subscription · postage · airmail

privacy

confidentiality

Quality of protecting secrets

pseudonym · alias · secrecy · hidden · untraceable · personal · protected · guarded · private · incognito

rental

key

Lock-opening device

renewal · lease · holder · registration · annual · monthly · deposit · assignment · availability · sizes

uses

business

Commercial activity or occupation

traveling · relocation · moving · temporary · apartment · dorm · rural · military · overseas · expat

Categories
Opposites
mail delivery location

PO boxhome delivery

Goods sent to residence

street address · home address · doorstep delivery · physical address · house number

Family

box, post, post office box

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G