postal service

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postal service

See post office.

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postal service - the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"

mail service, mail, post

communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"

airpost, airmail - a system of conveying mail by aircraft

snail mail - any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail"

RFD, rural free delivery - free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas

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