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UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
Synonyms:
PO; Post Office; United States Post Office; US Post Office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("United States Post Office" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)