postage

Cost of sending

Postage is the cost of sending something through the mail, or the stamps representing that cost.

The postage for international packages has gone up.

Did you remember to put postage on the envelope?

Postage paid means the sender has already covered the mailing cost.

mail

letter

Written symbol or message

postcard · correspondence · sender · recipient · address · mailbox · mailman · carrier · sorting · delivery

cost

rate

Measured speed or charge

price · surcharge · metered · prepaid · underpaid · overpaid · due · calculation · weight · zone

stamps

commemorative

Honoring past events

gum · hinge · mint · cancelled · franking · album · collection · overprint · surcharge · pictorial

history

mailcoach

Horse-drawn postal vehicle

snailmail · pigeon · postrider · stagecoach · posthouse

Categories
Opposites
mail components

postagecontents

What something holds

letter · parcel · package · mail · cargo

delivery cost direction

postagepostage due

Charge for short stamping

collect on delivery · COD · free shipping · prepaid · franking

communication method requiring payment

postageemail

Digital written communication

free delivery · digital communication · courier service

Phrases
Family

postal, postal service, postal code, postage stamps, postage stamp, postage meter

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G