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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | An attribute type which specifies the post office box by which the object will receive physical delivery. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Box that can be hired by a customer at a post office to which his mail is delivered. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: POST OFFICE BOX |
| Specialty definitions using "POST OFFICE BOX": lock box service ♦ nondelivery area. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Benin | BENIN'S PROXIMITY TO NIGERIA MEANS THAT A NUMBER OF MALA FIDE NIGERIAN OPERATORS HAVE ESTABLISHED COMPANIES WHICH ARE LITTLE MORE THAN A POST OFFICE BOX AND FAX MACHINE AND WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO DEFRAUD FOREIGN WOULD BE INVESTORS. (references) |
Travel | Nigeria | Important documents or correspondence should be sent via reputable courier, such as DHL or UPS, and show a Private Mail Bag (PMB) or Post Office Box (P.O. Box) as well as street address. (references) |
Guinea | For postal service, most businesses utilize a post office box. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
post office box | 111 |
post office box rental | 10 |
post office box address | 8 |
post office box search | 7 |
find post office box | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "POST OFFICE BOX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صندوق البريد بالبوسطة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | postboks (private box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | postbus (private box), Pb (phonetically balanced word). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | postilokero (post-office box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | POB, CP (canned pork), case postale, BP, Boite postale, boîte postale (postbox), boîte aux lettres (postbox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Postfach (pigeon hole, po box), schließfach (locker, po box, safe deposit box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γραμματοθυρίδα (private box), ταχυδρομική θυρίδα (p o box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | postafiók (p.o.b.), pf.. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | casella postale (box, pigeon hole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 郵便私書箱 , 私書箱 , 私書函 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ししょば", ゆうび"ししょば". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kishtey screeuyn, kishtey post. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ostpay officeay oxbay caixa postal (mailbox). (various references) poštansko sanduče (letter box, letterbox, mail box, mailbox, p.o.b., postbox). (various references) casilla postal (p.o.b.), casilla de correos (p.o.b.), apartado de correos (box, p.o.b.). (various references) postfack (private box), postbox (private box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-f-f-i-o-o-o-p-s-t-x" | |
-5 letters: bioscope, biotopes, otoscope. | |
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