postalpost‧al /ˈpəʊstl $ ˈpoʊs-/ adjective [only before noun] 
the U.S. postal service postal workers an increase in postal charges2relating to sending things by post: Candidates are chosen by a postal ballot of all party members.postal vote British English Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.3go postal American English informal to become very angry and behave in a violent way
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- postal workers
- Also patron of clerics, messengers, postal workers, radio workers, stamp collectors, telecommunications workers, and television workers.
- Data was collected using a postal questionnaire sent to just over 3,000 people in two regions - Bristol and Manchester.
- Federal authorities said Thursday night they were concerned that more letter bombs could be circulating in the postal system.
- He was born in 1855 in Dublin, Ireland, where his father was a postal clerk.
- Internal printing and postal services were reviewed during the year and a reduction from four to three staff was made.
- Should both sides of a case be heard before the postal ballot?
- To maintain rapport in a postal survey we must always put ourselves in the position of the respondent.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the U.S. postal service postal workers Candidates are chosen by a postal ballot of all party members.
the U.S. postal service postal workers Candidates are chosen by a postal ballot of all party members. British English Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote. (=the place where a letter is sent)· Please give your bank’s full postal address.
(=affecting the rail/coal etc industry)· A rail strike would cause enormous public inconvenience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· To comply with the intermediate advert requirements the advert must include a full postal address or phone number. 8.· Correct Addressing and Packaging Show the full correct postal address which should include the post town and postcode.
· Should both sides of a case be heard before the postal ballot?· Can anyone think of a way of proposing amendments before the postal ballot without the wasted expense of additional mailings?· The electricians are holding a postal ballot with the results announced after Christmas.· The blasted Fabian Society was insisting on a postal ballot of all its members there.· Will there be a postal ballot?· He was appointed by postal ballot and takes up his new responsibilities in July.· Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union are taking part in a postal ballot after a breakdown of pay negotiations.· Daily Mail journalists voted for industrial action over plans not to recognise the National Union of Journalists in a postal ballot.
· Please return it at once, or when sending the postal order.· Coins Any uncrossed postal order which does not state to whom it is to be paid.· Send the coupon, and cheque or postal order if applicable to,.· The cheapest way is to buy and send postal orders in various denominations which are acceptable in around 60 countries.· If you paid by postal order, take the counterfoils to the post office for a refund.· You should print your name and address on the back of the cheque or postal order.· Send postal orders to Headgear for Lemurs as soon as you can.· Please make cheques or postal orders payable to Y Care International.
· Data was collected using a postal questionnaire sent to just over 3,000 people in two regions - Bristol and Manchester.· This research builds on an earlier survey based on a postal questionnaire by following up some of the respondents to the questionnaire.· With a postal questionnaire, it is important also to check that the layout is neither confusing nor encouraging any particular response.· Altogether 124 of 185 authorities completed our postal questionnaire during November and early December last year.· Non-response is liable to be more of a problem in the larger-sample surveys, particularly those using postal questionnaire methods.· Such questions are more often asked in the interview situation than in a postal questionnaire.· They also supplemented the personal interviews with over 500 postal questionnaires making a total of just over 600.· Late recall will be tested by postal questionnaires at 6 months.
· Rules should be made permitting access to postal services on the same basis by all users meeting the same conditions.· They started a postal service and operated many other businesses.· Some department stores also offer postal services and sometimes provide catalogues.· Except when a hurricane hits, life in this part of Mississippi is as regular as the postal service.· The Crown relied on the postal service for such notices.· We welcome expansion of telephone services as improving the general well-being but accept curtailment of postal services as signifying necessary economy.· The Ego was designed as a mere postal service which delivers messages to our conscious mind.· Internal printing and postal services were reviewed during the year and a reduction from four to three staff was made.
· There's been a big postal strike here, so I hope this letter reaches you before the end of the millennium.· Read in studio A postal strike has stopped mail deliveries to twenty thousand homes and businesses.· Last year's results were lower because of the national postal strike and because of the pay increases, the Post Office said.· At the time there was a postal strike and I didn't hear from David for about 3 or 4 weeks.
· The postal surveys are to be followed up with a small number of interviews.· To maintain rapport in a postal survey we must always put ourselves in the position of the respondent.· A postal survey is being conducted to provide a comprehensive national profile of computer use in local authority planning departments.· Having achieved that first aim through a postal survey the project is going on to examine two major issues.· Methods employed will include historical analysis, postal survey, interviews, international comparison and a workshop directed at assessing future needs.· These interviews will be followed by a large-scale postal survey of a nationally representative sample of marketing executives.· Methods and results Two postal surveys were carried out, in 1984, when the methodology was validated, and 1989.
· It must also be robust enough to withstand the wear and tear of the postal system and the editor's desk.· The postal system and, soon, telecommunications are being privatized.· In 1637, when Stanhope was persuaded to surrender his patent, Witherings took control of the whole postal system.· Federal authorities said Thursday night they were concerned that more letter bombs could be circulating in the postal system.· No country's postal system is involved.· Two were sent to the federal prison and another was found in the postal system.· Internet e-mail is obviously far less secure than the postal system, where envelopes protect correspondence from casual snooping.
· Only one had a postal vote.· Something similar may also have happened in Martin county, where 9,770 postal votes are at stake.· Voluntary patients can register on the electoral roll and can have postal votes.· Telephone canvassing, postal votes, the party machine at Labour's Millbank headquarters had all the answers.
· The five unions who called the indefinite strike said up to 80 percent of postal workers stayed away from work in some areas.· Also patron of clerics, diplomats, messengers, postal workers, radio workers, telecommunications workers, and television workers.
WORD FAMILYnounpostpostagepostiepostingadjectivepostalverbpost
1relating to the official system which takes letters from one place to another: the U.S. postal service postal workers an increase in postal charges2relating to sending things by post: Candidates are chosen by a postal ballot of all party members.postal vote British English Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.3go postal American English informal to become very angry and behave in a violent way