box number

Post office address

A box number is a numbered mailbox at a post office or publication where mail can be received, used when the recipient doesn't want to disclose a street address.

Job listings and personal ads often direct responses to a box number: Send résumé to Box 247.

Also called a P.O. box when at a post office.

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street address · physical address · house number · direct address · street number

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