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mailing address

American

[mey-ling uh-dres, ad-res] / ˈmeɪ lɪŋ əˌdrɛs, ˌæd rɛs /

noun

the address at which a person receives physical mail, whether at the street address of a home or business, or at a post office box or other location.

Etymology

Origin of mailing address

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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Related: ‘I’m part of a blended family that didn’t blend well’: My stepsister added her mailing address to our mother’s bank account.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

They helped one another seal leaky roofs and formed an official campus club aiming to secure a mailing address.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

All three used the same Sunrise mailing address.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

The website offers potential donors the opportunity to mail physical checks to a Florida P.O. box as well, and that address is listed on the Newsmax contact page as its mailing address.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2023

“Richard shipped out yesterday, and I don’t even know where he’s going. They just gave him a numbered mailing address that doesn’t tell me anything.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023