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zip-code

or ZIP-code, Zip-code

[zip-kohd]
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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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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.
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Origin of zip code

1960–65, Americanism; Z(one) I(mprovement) P(rogram)
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Related Words

zippostcode
British Dictionary definitions for zip-code

zip code

noun
  1. the US equivalent of postcode
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Word Origin

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