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post office
post officen.1. Abbr. POa. The public agency responsible for the transportation and delivery of mail. Also called postal service.b. A local office where mail is received, sorted, and delivered, and where stamps and other postal materials are sold.2. A game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters.post office n a building or room where postage stamps are sold and other postal business is conducted
Post Office n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government department or authority in many countries responsible for postal services and often telecommunications post′ of`fice
n. 1. an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered. 2. (often caps.) the department of a government charged with the transportation of mail. 3. a children's game in which a kiss is given instead of a letter by the player chosen to be postal clerk. [1625–35] post′-of`fice, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  post office - a local branch where postal services are available"local post officegeneral delivery, poste restante - the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for itbranch, subdivision, arm - a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" | | 2. |  Post Office - an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United StatesUnited States Post Office, US Post Office, POindependent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments | | 3. | post office - a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letterschild's game - a game enjoyed by children |
Translationspost2 (pəust) noun (the system of collecting, transporting and delivering) letters, parcels etc. I sent the book by post; Has the post arrived yet?; Is there any post for me? 郵政 邮政 verb to send (a letter etc) by post. He posted the parcel yesterday. 郵寄 邮寄ˈpostage (-tidʒ) noun (the money paid for) the sending of a letter etc by post. The postage was $1.20. 郵資 邮资ˈpostal adjective of, or concerning, the system of sending letters etc. the postal service. 郵政的，郵局的 邮政的，邮局的 postage stamp a small printed label fixed to a letter, parcel etc to show that postage has been paid. 郵票 邮票postal order a printed document bought at a post office, which can be exchanged at another post office for the amount of money paid for it. 郵政匯票(匯款單) 邮政汇票（汇款单） postbox (ˈpəusboks) noun (also ˈletterbox, ~ˈmailbox, ~pillar box) a box into which letters etc are put to be collected (and sent to their destination). 郵政信箱(郵筒) 邮政信箱（邮筒） postcard (ˈpəuskaːd) noun a card on which a message may be sent by post, often with a picture on one side (a picture postcard). She sent me a postcard of the Taj Mahal when she was in India. 明信片 明信片postcode (ˈpəuskoud) noun (American zip code) a set of letters and numbers added to the address on a letter to make delivery easier. 郵遞區號 邮政编码ˌpost-ˈfree adjective, adverb without charge for sending by post. You can send it post-free. 免付郵資的 免付邮资的ˌpost(-)ˈhaste adverb very quickly. He travelled post(-)haste to London. 火急地 火急地postman (ˈpəusmən) noun (American ˈmailman) a person whose job is to (collect and) deliver letters etc. Has the postman been this morning yet? 郵差 邮递员postmark (ˈpəusmaːk) noun a mark put on a letter at a post office, showing the date and place of posting, and cancelling the postage stamp. The postmark read `Beirut'. 郵戳 邮戳postmaster (ˈpəusmaːstə) – feminine postmistress (ˈpəusmistris) – noun the manager of a post office. 郵政局長 邮政局长post office an office for receiving and dispatching letters, parcels etc. Where is the nearest post office? 郵局 邮局| Post office EN-UKEN-GB-P0017390 EN-USEN-US-P0017390 | ES-ESES-ES-P0017390 PT-PTPT-PT-P0017390 → 邮局 ZH-CNZH-CN-P0017390 |
post office
post office: see postal servicepostal service,
arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval Europe.
..... Click the link for more information. .Post officeAn office or building where letters and parcels are received and sorted, and from where they are distributed and then dispatched to various destinations.post office[′pōst ‚ȯf·əs] (computer science) The software and files in an electronic mail system that receive messages and deliver them to recipients. post officeAn office or building where letters and parcels are received and sorted, and from where they are distributed and dispatched to various destinations.Post Office a government department or authority in many countries responsible for postal services and often telecommunications Post office
Related to Post office: post office boxPOST OFFICE. A place where letters are received to be sent to the persons to whom they, are addressed.
2. The post office establishment of the United States, is of the greatest importance to the people and to the government. The constitution of the United States has invested congress with power to establish post offices and post roads.. Art. 1, s. 8, n. 7.
3. By virtue of this constitutional authority, congress passed several laws anterior to the third day of March, 1825, when an act, entitled "An act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the post office department," was passed. 3 Story, U. S. 1985. It is thereby enacted, Sec. 1. That there be established, the seat of the government of the United States, a general post office, under the direction of a postmaster general. The postmaster general shall appoint two assistants, and such clerks as may be necessary for the performance of the business of his office, and as are authorized by law; and shall procure, and cause to be kept, a seal for the said office, which shall be affixed to commissions of postmasters, and used to authenticate all transcripts and copies which may be required from the department. He shall establish post offices, and appoint postmasters, at all such places as shall appear to him expedient, on the post roads that are, or may be, established by law. He shall give his assistants, the postmasters, and all other persons whom he shall employ, or who may be employed in any of the departments of the general post office, instructions relative to their duty. He shall provide for the carriage of the mail on all post roads that are, or may be, established by law, and as often "he, having regard to the productiveness thereof, and other circumstances, shall think proper. He may direct the route or road, where there are more than one, between places designated by law for a post road, Which route shall be considered the post road. He shall obtain, from the postmasters, their accounts and vouchers for their receipts and expenditures, once in three months, or oftener, with the balances thereon arising, in favor of the general post office. He shall pay all expenses which may arise in conducting the post office, and in the conveyance of the mail, and all other necessary expenses arising on the collection of the revenue, and management of the general post office. He shall prosecute offences against the post office establishment. He shall, once in three months, render, to the secretary of the treasury, a quarterly account of all the receipts and expenditures in the said department, to be adjusted and settled as other public accounts. He shall, also, superintend the business of the department in all tho duties that are, or may be assigned to it: Provided, That, in case of the death, resignation, or, removal from office, of the postmaster general, all his duties shall be performed by his senior assistant, until a successor shall be appointed, and arrive at the general post office, to perform the business.
4.-Sec. 2. That the postmaster general, and all other persons employed in the general post office, or in the care, custody, or conveyance of the mail, shall, previous to entering upon the duties assigned to them, or the execution of their trusts, and before they shall be entitled to receive any emolument therefor, respectively take and subscribe the following oath, or affirmation, before some magistrate, and cause a certificate thereof to be filed in the general post office: "I, A B, do swear or affirm, (as the case may be, that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me, and abstain from everything forbidden by the laws in relation to the establishment of the post office and post road s within the United States." Every person who shall be, in any manner, employed in the care, custody, or conveyance, or management of the mail, shall be subject to all pains, penalties, and forfeitures, for violating the injunctions, or neglecting the duties, required of him by the laws relating to the establishment of the post office and post roads, whether such person shall have taken the oath or affirmation, above prescribed, or not.
5.-Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the postmaster general, upon the appointment of any postmaster, to require, and take, of such postmaster, bond, with good and approved security, in such penalty as he may judge sufficient, conditioned for the faithful discharge of all the duties of such postmaster, required by law, or which may be required by any instruction, or general rule, for the government of the department: Provided, however, That, if default shall be made by the postmaster aforesaid, at any time, and the postmaster general shall fail to institute suit against such post-master, and said sureties, for two years from and after such default shall be made, then, and in that case, the said sureties shall not be held liable to the United States, nor shall suit be instituted against them.
6.-Sec. 4. That the postmaster general shall cause a mail to be carried from the nearest post office, on any established post road, to the court house of any county which is now, or may hereafter be established in any of the states or territories of the United States, and which is without a mail; and the road on which such mail shall be transported, shall become a post road, and so continue, until the transportation thereon shall cease. It shall for the postmaster general to enter into contracts, for a term not exceeding four years, for extending the line of posts, and to authorize the persons, so contracting, as a compensation for their expenses, to receive during the continuance of such contracts, at rates not exceeding those for like distances, established by this act, all the postage which shall arise on all letters, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and packets, conveyed by any such posts; and the roads designated in such contracts, shall, during the continuance thereof, be deemed and considered as post roads, within the provision of this act: and a duplicate of every such contract shall, within sixty days after the execution thereof, be lodged in the office of the comptroller of the treasury of the United States.
7.-Sec. 5. That the postmaster general be authorized to have the mail carried in any steamboat, or other vessel, which shall be used as a packet in, any of the waters of the United States, on such terms and conditions as shall be considered expedient: Provided, That he does not pay more than three cents for each letter, And more than one half cent for each newspaper, conveyed in such mail.
8.-Sec. 8. That, whenever it shall be made appear, to the satisfaction of the postmaster general, that any road established, or which may hereafter be established as a post road, is obstructed by fences, gates, or tars, or other than those lawfully used on turnpike, roads to collect their toll, and not kept in good repair, with proper bridges and ferries, where the same may be necessary, it shall be the duty of the postmaster general to report the same to congress, with such information as can be obtained, to enable congress to establish some other road instead of it, in the same main direction.
9.-Sec. 9. That it shall be the duty of the postmaster general to report, annually, to congress, every post road which shall not, after the second year from its establishment, have produced one-third of the expense of carrying the mail on the same.
10. The act "to change the organization of the post office department, and to provide more effectually for the settlement of the accounts thereof," passed July 2, 1836, 4 Shars. cont. of Story L. U. S. 2464, contains a variety of minute provisions for the settlement of the revenue of the post office department.
11. By the act of the 3d of March, 1845, various provisions are made to protect the department from fraud and to prevent the abuse of franking.
12. Finding roads in use throughout the country, congress has established, that is, selected such as suited the convenience of the government, and which the exigencies of the people required, to be post roads. It has seldom exercised the power of making new roads, but examples are not wanting of roads having been made under the express authority of congress. Story, Const. Sec. 1133. Vide Dead Letter; Jeopardy; Letter; Mail; Newspaper; Postage; Postmaster; Postmaster general. FinancialSeepostAcronymsSeeput outpost office
Related to post office: post office boxSynonyms for post officenoun a local branch where postal services are available"SynonymsRelated Words- general delivery
- poste restante
- branch
- subdivision
- arm
noun an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United StatesSynonyms- United States Post Office
- US Post Office
- PO
Related Wordsnoun a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended lettersRelated Words |