postage meter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of postage meter
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2019
In the 1940s she took a job at Pitney-Bowes, at the time a postage meter company and a landmark Stamford employer.
From Washington Times ● May 2, 2019
Like the original extortion note, the letter was stamped with a postage meter to which LeAnn Lewis had access.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bowes teamed with Inventor Arthur H. Pitney to develop the first crude postage meter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week they presented their slickest postage meter to date, the "Mailomat."
From Time Magazine Archive
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