postcode
noun
post·code ˈpōs(t)-ˌkōd 
: a code (as of numbers and letters) used similarly to the zip code especially in the United Kingdom and Australia
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web My app provides a precise address for the AirTag’s location, complete with postcode (or zip code), as well as a time for when it was last located. 
Barry Collins, Forbes, 15 May 2021 Finally, each installation of the app was associated with one of 338 postcode districts. John Drake, Forbes, 21 May 2021 In August last year, most NHS trusts would still not allow partners to attend prenatal scans and as the months drew on, the rules women were subject to became something of a postcode lottery. Natasha Preskey, refinery29.com, 28 May 2021 Some provinces could afford it, others couldn’t, which ended up creating a postcode lottery for artists. Shain Shapiro, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021 In Britain, health care access and health care outcomes are known to vary radically by postcode (the British term for the American zip code). John C. Goodman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 Peachey was one of the 30,000 people whose postcode came up in a random lottery to choose potential participants, and one of 1748 people who responded to the invitation. Cathleen O’grady, Science | AAAS, 29 Oct. 2020 Potential diners simply plug their postcode (or zip code) into a government website for a list of participating pubs and restaurants, which is pretty much all of them in most areas. Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2020 Like other local authorities, this council did not until recently have postcode-level data on infections, which is essential for controlling outbreaks. Rachel Shabi, The New York Review of Books, 8 July 2020 See More
Barry Collins, Forbes, 15 May 2021 Finally, each installation of the app was associated with one of 338 postcode districts. John Drake, Forbes, 21 May 2021 In August last year, most NHS trusts would still not allow partners to attend prenatal scans and as the months drew on, the rules women were subject to became something of a postcode lottery. Natasha Preskey, refinery29.com, 28 May 2021 Some provinces could afford it, others couldn’t, which ended up creating a postcode lottery for artists. Shain Shapiro, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021 In Britain, health care access and health care outcomes are known to vary radically by postcode (the British term for the American zip code). John C. Goodman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 Peachey was one of the 30,000 people whose postcode came up in a random lottery to choose potential participants, and one of 1748 people who responded to the invitation. Cathleen O’grady, Science | AAAS, 29 Oct. 2020 Potential diners simply plug their postcode (or zip code) into a government website for a list of participating pubs and restaurants, which is pretty much all of them in most areas. Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2020 Like other local authorities, this council did not until recently have postcode-level data on infections, which is essential for controlling outbreaks. Rachel Shabi, The New York Review of Books, 8 July 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above