postcode
/ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd
/noun British
1A group of numbers or letters and numbers which are added to a postal address to assist the sorting of mail: [as modifier]: postcode sectors...
- The review will not affect postal addresses, postcodes or the catchment area of schools.
- Six of the borough's 39 post offices have been shut or scheduled for closure, while Wandsworth postcodes came bottom for mail delivery times.
- There was no accompanying letter and the postcode was missed off the address.
1.1An area denoted by a particular postcode: buoyant house prices in the capital’s smarter postcodes are attributed to city bonuses...
- There's a new dinner party game doing the rounds in the nation's smarter postcodes.
- A 77-year-old woman driving a Fiat Brava at a low-risk postcode would be charged 186.90 for insurance.
- Homes on high land with a negligible risk of flooding may be turned down simply because they are in a high-risk postcode.
Derivatives
postcoded
- What we would ask is that these items are postcoded and that sheds are securely locked.
- Inspector Ford said: ‘With new bikes after Christmas it is useful to get them postcoded.’
- Next time you see one advertised go along and get your property postcoded or at least get some advice on how best to prevent crime.