post office
nounDefinition of post office
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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Merton was where downtown Poway is now, with the Merton post office established in 1890 near what is now the intersection of Poway and Pomerado roads, Rossi said. — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, "Local historian pens book on area’s lost towns," 10 Aug. 2019 The Texas Nationalist Party, which lists the same post office box as a Klan group, says on its website, next to a photograph of the Alamo, that the state is losing its history. — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, "‘A Perfect Storm’ — online hate and political winds whip up white supremacy," 10 Aug. 2019 Legally changing one’s gender on his birth certificate like changing your address with the post office. — Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, "Caldara: Republican pigeons for Polis could betray TABOR and give the governor a special session win," 5 July 2019 Greg Anglin acknowledged helping file paperwork to set up the website and to receiving donations at a post office box. — NBC News, "Neo-Nazi website hit with $4.1 million defamation penalty," 12 June 2019 Correia said this week that police are checking the validity of the Maine registrations and then will establish a way to bill an actual address for the unpaid tickets, instead of a company post office box. — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, "On a single plot in rural Maine, a slew of Rhode Island car registrations," 12 June 2019 When recipients ran the disk, their computers froze, and a message on the screen instructed them to send up to $378 to a post office box in Panama for a second disk that would restore their access. — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, "The Trade Secret Firms That Promised High-Tech Ransomware Solutions Almost Always Just Pay the Hackers," 15 May 2019 Prosecutors said at some time in his 18-month tenure at two post offices in New Bedford, Correia sold money orders and stamps to customers, but would void the transaction after accepting the cash and take it himself. — Sabrina Schnur, BostonGlobe.com, "New Bedford postal worker allegedly sold $20,000 in money orders and stamps and pocketed the cash," 27 June 2019 Among other accusations, Burke allegedly tried to capitalize on the massive $800 million renovation of the old main Chicago post office in the West Loop, according to the indictment. — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, "Chicago alderman wants investigation of former Ald. Daniel Solis' licensing, permitting decisions," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'post office.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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