Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)A postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient

    Postlagerservice

    до востре́бованияdo vostrébovanija

    a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada)

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it:

Origin

Borrowed from French poste restante.

Borrowed from French poste restante.

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
general deliveryto be called forcare of post office
Close in meaning
  • the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it:general delivery

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poste restante — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto