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POST OFFICE BOX

Specialty Definition: POST OFFICE BOX

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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.

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Crosswords: POST OFFICE BOX

Specialty definitions using "POST OFFICE BOX": lock box servicenondelivery area. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: POST OFFICE BOX

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: POST OFFICE BOX

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: POST OFFICE BOX

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

   

Portuguese

  

caixa postal (mailbox). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poštansko sanduče (letter box, letterbox, mail box, mailbox, p.o.b., postbox). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

casilla postal (p.o.b.), casilla de correos (p.o.b.), apartado de correos (box, p.o.b.). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

postfack (private box), postbox (private box). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: POST OFFICE BOX

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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