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postpaid

American  
[pohst-payd] / ˈpoʊstˈpeɪd /

adjective

  1. with the postage prepaid.

    a postpaid reply card.


Etymology

Origin of postpaid

First recorded in 1820–30; post 3 + paid


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Average monthly postpaid service revenue earned per account grew 4% year over year to $155.73.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The company’s third-quarter revenue rose 7.4% to $23.58 billion, driven by a 9% increase in postpaid service revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Analysts polled by FactSet expected 195,300 postpaid phone net additions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Verizon increased its full-year forecast, now expecting 1.1 million to 1.2 million postpaid phone net additions; its prior outlook called for that figure to be in the “upper half” of 750,000 to 1 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Cloth, Illustrated—Price, per Volume, $1.00 Sold by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of price.

From The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade by Laura Dent Crane

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