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US POSTAL SERVICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does US Postal Service mean?
• US POSTAL SERVICE (noun)
The noun US POSTAL SERVICE has 1 sense:
1. an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
Familiarity information: US POSTAL SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
United States Postal Service; US Postal Service; USPS
Hypernyms ("US 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 "US 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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