1
: the fee for postal service
2
: adhesive stamps or printed indicia representing postal fees
Examples of postage in a Sentence
How much is the postage for this package?
Enclose two dollars for postage and handling.
I hope I put enough postage on the package.
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Privatized postal services will lead to higher postage prices, and a lower quality of service to the public.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The Exchange, on Seed Savers’ website, pairs people who save heirloom seeds with those who want them, all for the price of postage.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Control of the Postal Service could offer additional ways to undermine elections, perhaps by raising the price of postage, so that the cost to the states of mailing ballots would be prohibitive, or by banning the automatic mailing of ballots to voters.
—Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Until 1902, men were the only people pictured on postage in the United States.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The Exchange, on Seed Savers’ website, pairs people who save heirloom seeds with those who want them, all for the price of postage.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Control of the Postal Service could offer additional ways to undermine elections, perhaps by raising the price of postage, so that the cost to the states of mailing ballots would be prohibitive, or by banning the automatic mailing of ballots to voters.
—Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Until 1902, men were the only people pictured on postage in the United States.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for postage
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“Postage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postage. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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postage
noun
post·age
ˈpō-stij 
: the charge fixed by law for carrying an article by mail
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