zip code

or ZIP code, Zip code


noun
  1. a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code ) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code ) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.

Origin of zip code

1
An Americanism first recorded in 1960–65, Z(one) I(mprovement) P(rogram)

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Other definitions for zip-code (2 of 2)

zip-code

or ZIP-code, Zip-code

[ zip-kohd ]

verb (used with object),zip-cod·ed, zip-cod·ing.
  1. to provide or mark with a zip code: Zip-code all mail.

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British Dictionary definitions for zip code

zip code

noun
  1. the US equivalent of postcode

Origin of zip code

1
C20: from z (one) i (mprovement) p (lan)

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