postage meter
noun
: a machine that prints postal indicia on pieces of mail, records the amount of postage, and subtracts it from a total paid amount for which the machine has been set
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Looking at the postage meter, it wasn’t exactly kept under lock and key. Margolis: Then the questions turned to, well, who at Lakeside Travel would have had access to the postage meter and who would have known the bank account number?
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Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
If there’s always a cluster of people standing around the postage meter scratching their heads, print out clear directions and tape them to the machine.
—Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
If there's always a cluster of people standing around the postage meter scratching their heads, print out clear directions and tape them to the machine.
—Tatum Hunter, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
There was also the postage meter ID on the envelope.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
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Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
If there’s always a cluster of people standing around the postage meter scratching their heads, print out clear directions and tape them to the machine.
—Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
If there's always a cluster of people standing around the postage meter scratching their heads, print out clear directions and tape them to the machine.
—Tatum Hunter, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
There was also the postage meter ID on the envelope.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
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“Postage meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postage%20meter. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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