UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States

Synonyms:

United States Postal Service; US Postal Service; USPS

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("United States Postal Service" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "United States Postal Service"):

United States Postal Inspection Service; US Postal Inspection Service (the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service)

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