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   Post

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   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 letters or parcels: "entries must be received no later than first post on Friday, June 14th"
   • ▪ used in names of newspapers: "the Washington Post"
   • 2. one 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 posting transactions.
   • 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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   • Founded in 1984, An Post is the state-owned national postal service in the Republic of Ireland. It offers not only domestic letter and package delivery which usually arrives within 24 hours, but also international and EMS shipping across the world.

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