Definition of Postage

1. Noun. The charge for mailing something.

Generic synonyms: Charge

2. Noun. A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid.
Exact synonyms: Postage Stamp, Stamp
Generic synonyms: Item, Token
Derivative terms: Post, Stamp

Definition of Postage

1. n. The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.

Definition of Postage

1. Noun. The charge for posting an item ¹

2. Noun. The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postage

1. the charge for mailing an item [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postage

post scriptum
post up
postabdomen
postabdomens
postabdominal
postable
postabortion
postabsorptive
postaccident
postact
postadministration
postadolescence
postadolescent
postadolescents
postadsorption
postage (current term)
postage meter
postage meters
postage stamp
postage stamps
postages
postal
postal address
postal addresses
postal authority
postal ballot
postal box
postal card
postal clerk
postal code

Literary usage of Postage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1853)
"FOREIGN postage ON PAMPHLETS AND MAGAZINES. We publish below a letter from the ... It will be seen by this letter, that the postage to Liverpool on a ..."

2. The Mining Magazine (1853)
"FOREIGN postage OX PAMPHLETS AND MAGAZINES. This is a part of the old system of which one feature was lopped off by the adoption of cheap letter postage, ..."

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