POSTAL CODE Definition & Meaning

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postal code

noun

British. postcode.
Canadian. a mailing code system similar to the zip code in the U.S. and the postcode in Britain.

postal code

noun

a code of letters and digits used as part of a postal address to aid the sorting of mail Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)postcode US equivalentzip code

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Origin of postal code¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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It is believed to be named after the partial postal code of his hometown in Texas.

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The property called Villa Maryland is set in the Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat peninsula in the South of France, the country’s most expensive postal code.

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In some countries, the zip code is referred to as the postal code and looks very different than what is used in the United States.

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The message takes on different meaning to different people - for the Irishman, it refers to being in a different postal code - but it translates to how far Woods blew it by him.

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Britons affectionately refer to the world’s most hallowed tennis grounds as “SW19,” after the All England Club’s London postal code.

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