postage

(pō'stĭj)
n.

1. The charge for mailing an item.
2. The stamps, labels, or printing placed on an item to be mailed as evidence of payment of this charge.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A token that fees for mailing have been paid; The charge for mailing something.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. — Napoleon Hill

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• Postal Service - postage: fee required for postal service; stamps

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See words rhyming with "postage."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - porto

idioms:

• postage meter    frankeringsmaskine
• postage stamp    frimærke
• postage-due stamp    portomærke

Nederlands (Dutch)
port, frankering

Français (French)
n. - affranchissement, tarif postal, de port

idioms:

• postage meter    (US) machine à affranchir
• postage stamp    timbre postal
• postage-due stamp    timbre de surtaxe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Porto

idioms:

• postage meter    Frankiermaschine
• postage stamp    Briefmarke
• postage-due stamp    Nachgebührmarke

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταχυδρομικά τέλη, γραμματόσημο

idioms:

• postage meter    (ΗΠΑ) μηχάνημα σφράγισης ταχυδρομικών επιστολών
• postage stamp    γραμματόσημο
• postage-due stamp    σφραγίδα ταχυδρομείου για επιπλέον ταχυδρομικά τέλη πληρωτέα από τον παραλήπτη

Italiano (Italian)
affrancatura

idioms:

• postage meter    affrancatrice
• postage stamp    francobollo
• postage-due stamp    affrancatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - porte (m)

idioms:

• postage meter    máquina de franquear
• postage stamp    selo postal
• postage-due stamp    porte a ser pago pelo destinatário

Русский (Russian)
почтовый сбор, почтовая марка

idioms:

• postage meter    штемпель
• postage stamp    почтовая марка
• postage-due stamp    почтовая марка с указом недоплаты

Español (Spanish)
n. - franqueo

idioms:

• postage meter    franqueadora
• postage stamp    estampilla, sello de correo, timbre
• postage-due stamp    franqueo a pagar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - porto

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
邮资

idioms:

• postage meter    邮资费
• postage stamp    邮票, 代邮记号, 像邮票大小的
• postage-due stamp    欠资签条

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 郵資

idioms:

• postage meter    郵資費
• postage stamp    郵票, 代郵記號, 像郵票大小的
• postage-due stamp    欠資簽條

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우편요금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 郵税, 郵便料金

idioms:

• postage meter    郵便料金メーター
• postage stamp    郵便切手

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أجرة البريد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דמי-דואר‬

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