postal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: post=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

postal, a. [Cf. F. postal.].

 Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities.  [1913 Webster]

Postal card, or Post card, a card used for transmission of messages through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter; also called postcard. Such cards are sold by the government with postage already paid, or by private vendors without a postage stamp. The message is written on one side of the card, and the address on the other. -- Postal money order. See Money order, under Money. -- Postal note, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (in the United States less than five dollars under existing law), issued from one post office and payable at another specified office. -- Postal Union, a union for postal purposes entered into by the most important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

postal, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of the post.
2 by post (postal vote).
--n. US a postcard.

Idiom

postal card US = POSTCARD. postal code = POSTCODE. postal meter a franking-machine. postal note Austral. & NZ = postal order. postal order a money order issued by the Post Office, payable to a specified person. Postal Union a union of the governments of various countries for the regulation of international postage.

Derivative

postally adv.

Etymology

F (poste POST(2))

ROGET THESAURUS

postal

Correspondence

N correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux, chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card, postal, card, despatch, dispatch, bulletin, these presents, rescript, rescription, post, epistolary, furor scribendi.