postage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the charge paid for sending a letter or parcel through the postal system

   Postage for the international parcel cost more than the book inside it.

2. 2
   noun

   stamps or other evidence that the charge for mailing an item has been paid

   The envelope arrived with insufficient postage.

Formed from post in its postal sense plus -age, a suffix naming a charge or result. Postage first referred to the price of carrying a letter and later also to the stamps or markings showing that the price had been paid.

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