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   post

   /pəʊst/

   noun

   • 1. the official service or system that delivers letters and parcels: British "winners will be notified by post"
   • ▪ letters and parcels delivered: "she was opening her post" Similar letterscardscorrespondenceparcelspackagespacketsmailjunk maildirect mail
   • ▪ a single collection or delivery of mail: "entries must be received no later than first post on 14 June"
   • ▪ used in names of newspapers: "the Washington Post"
   • 2. each of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages. historical
   • ▪ a person or vehicle that carries mail. archaic

   verb

   • 1. send (a letter or parcel) via the postal system: British "I've just been to post a letter"
   • 2. (in bookkeeping) enter (an item) in a ledger: "post the transaction in the second column" Similar recordwrite inenterfill inregisternotelist
   • ▪ complete (a ledger) by entering items.
   • 3. travel with relays of horses: historical "we posted in an open carriage"
   • ▪ travel with haste; hurry: archaic "he comes posting up the street"

   adverb

   • 1. with haste: archaic "come now, come post"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in sense 2 of the noun): from French poste, from Italian posta, from a contraction of Latin posita, feminine past participle of ponere ‘to place’.

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