postcoden.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, code n.

Etymology: < post n.³ + code n. Compare earlier postal code n. at postal adj. and n. Compounds.

A group of letters or numbers, or both, added to a postal address to facilitate the sorting and delivery of mail. Later also: the area designated by such a code.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > addressing letter > address > postcode

postal code1959

zip1962

zip code1962

postcode1967

1967 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 May 3/1 The Post Office will allocate every city, town, suburb and small centre in Australia a four-figure postal location number called Postcode. Announcing this today, the Postmaster-General..said the Postcode system would enable the Post Office to handle the growing volume of mail more quickly, by taking full advantage of electronic mail coding equipment.

1969 Guardian 9 Aug. 8/3 The first two letters of the Postcode route the letter to the distant mail-handling centre.

1971 Sunday Times 20 June (Colour Suppl.) 17 A postman at the letter-coding desk has each envelope put in front of him and types out its postcode on a keyboard at his fingertips.

1987 A. R. Morden Elem. Marketing 219 There are specialist agencies that will add postcodes to addresses by computer.

1996 Independent on Sunday 16 June (Business section) 20/7 Most insurers..deny that they ‘red line’ certain high-risk, inner-city postcodes, refusing to quote for anyone living in them.

2004 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Oct. 22 We now have the ludicrous situation where gaining admittance is less about your proven ability than about what school you were educated at and what postcode you live in.

Compounds

British. attributive. Influenced or determined by a person's locality or postal address (chiefly with reference to the unequal provision of health care). Frequently in figurative phrase postcode lottery.

ΚΠ

1995 Independent 6 Dec. 8/2 The problems of poverty are exacerbated by stereotyping. Estates suffer from ‘postcode’ discrimination; taxi drivers and delivery vans will not go there.

1997 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 7 Nov. Breast cancer victim Helen..would have got the drug free if she lived just 20 miles away in Somerset. Her plight highlighted the ‘postcode lottery’ faced by cancer patients.

1998 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 8 July Patchy, unenforceable guidelines have meant it is up to individual health boards to decide whether they make drugs available, leading to so-called postcode prescribing.

1999 Sentinel (Electronic ed.) 15 Jan. The introduction of free travel for Welsh pensioners will focus attention on the need for Government funded UK-wide travel for pensioners and an end to the present postcode lottery.

2000 Evening Tel. (Coventry) (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. I believe we have a fair wind from the government on this legislation and the historic opportunity to end the postcode lottery of adoption services across the country.

Derivatives

ˈpostcoded adj.

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1969 Times 3 Oct. p. viii/3 The design incorporates a representation of phosphor dots that are printed across postcoded envelopes.

2001 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 19 Nov. 32 You can obtain from your local police a special window display sticker telling intruders that the house contains post coded property.

ˈpostcoding n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > addressing letter > use of postcode

postcoding1969

1969 Daily Tel. 5 June 21/6 Postcoding is to be extended to cover all of Britain's 20,000,000 addresses instead of only 75 main centres.

1998 Direct Apr. 69/1 (advt.) Accurate PAF based processing including address validation, postcoding, delivery point coding & Mailsort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

postcodev.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: postcode n.

Etymology: < postcode n. Compare earlier postcoded adj., postcoding n. at postcode n. Derivatives, and also earlier postal-code vb. at postal adj. and n. Compounds.

Chiefly British.

transitive. To assign a postcode to; to address (a letter) by including a postcode; (also) to mark with a postcode, in order to facilitate the retrieval of stolen property.

ΚΠ

1974 Britannica Bk. of Year 1973 558 Almost every address in the U.K. was expected to be postcoded by early 1973.

1985 D. Dunn Elegies 10 My house, post-coded by the GPO.

1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 5 Oct. A letter from Australia Post,..correctly postcoded to Brisbane's Fairfield.

2001 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 5 July 6 [The] beat officer at Loughborough University..urged people to postcode their property, especially bicycles.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	postcode
释义	postcoden. Brit. /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, code n. Etymology: < post n.³ + code n. Compare earlier postal code n. at postal adj. and n. Compounds. A group of letters or numbers, or both, added to a postal address to facilitate the sorting and delivery of mail. Later also: the area designated by such a code. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > addressing letter > address > postcode postal code1959 zip1962 zip code1962 postcode1967 1967 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 May 3/1 The Post Office will allocate every city, town, suburb and small centre in Australia a four-figure postal location number called Postcode. Announcing this today, the Postmaster-General..said the Postcode system would enable the Post Office to handle the growing volume of mail more quickly, by taking full advantage of electronic mail coding equipment. 1969 Guardian 9 Aug. 8/3 The first two letters of the Postcode route the letter to the distant mail-handling centre. 1971 Sunday Times 20 June (Colour Suppl.) 17 A postman at the letter-coding desk has each envelope put in front of him and types out its postcode on a keyboard at his fingertips. 1987 A. R. Morden Elem. Marketing 219 There are specialist agencies that will add postcodes to addresses by computer. 1996 Independent on Sunday 16 June (Business section) 20/7 Most insurers..deny that they ‘red line’ certain high-risk, inner-city postcodes, refusing to quote for anyone living in them. 2004 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Oct. 22 We now have the ludicrous situation where gaining admittance is less about your proven ability than about what school you were educated at and what postcode you live in. Compounds British. attributive. Influenced or determined by a person's locality or postal address (chiefly with reference to the unequal provision of health care). Frequently in figurative phrase postcode lottery. ΚΠ 1995 Independent 6 Dec. 8/2 The problems of poverty are exacerbated by stereotyping. Estates suffer from ‘postcode’ discrimination; taxi drivers and delivery vans will not go there. 1997 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 7 Nov. Breast cancer victim Helen..would have got the drug free if she lived just 20 miles away in Somerset. Her plight highlighted the ‘postcode lottery’ faced by cancer patients. 1998 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 8 July Patchy, unenforceable guidelines have meant it is up to individual health boards to decide whether they make drugs available, leading to so-called postcode prescribing. 1999 Sentinel (Electronic ed.) 15 Jan. The introduction of free travel for Welsh pensioners will focus attention on the need for Government funded UK-wide travel for pensioners and an end to the present postcode lottery. 2000 Evening Tel. (Coventry) (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. I believe we have a fair wind from the government on this legislation and the historic opportunity to end the postcode lottery of adoption services across the country. Derivatives ˈpostcoded adj. ΚΠ 1969 Times 3 Oct. p. viii/3 The design incorporates a representation of phosphor dots that are printed across postcoded envelopes. 2001 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 19 Nov. 32 You can obtain from your local police a special window display sticker telling intruders that the house contains post coded property. ˈpostcoding n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > addressing letter > use of postcode postcoding1969 1969 Daily Tel. 5 June 21/6 Postcoding is to be extended to cover all of Britain's 20,000,000 addresses instead of only 75 main centres. 1998 Direct Apr. 69/1 (advt.) Accurate PAF based processing including address validation, postcoding, delivery point coding & Mailsort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). postcodev. Brit. /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: postcode n. Etymology: < postcode n. Compare earlier postcoded adj., postcoding n. at postcode n. Derivatives, and also earlier postal-code vb. at postal adj. and n. Compounds. Chiefly British. transitive. To assign a postcode to; to address (a letter) by including a postcode; (also) to mark with a postcode, in order to facilitate the retrieval of stolen property. ΚΠ 1974 Britannica Bk. of Year 1973 558 Almost every address in the U.K. was expected to be postcoded by early 1973. 1985 D. Dunn Elegies 10 My house, post-coded by the GPO. 1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 5 Oct. A letter from Australia Post,..correctly postcoded to Brisbane's Fairfield. 2001 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 5 July 6 [The] beat officer at Loughborough University..urged people to postcode their property, especially bicycles. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1967v.1974
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