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zip code

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See also: zipcode , ZIP code , and ZIP Code

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ZIP Code , a trademark of the United States Postal Service, from ZIP ("Zone Improvement Plan "), introduced 1963.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zip code (plural zip codes )

  1. (US ) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.
    Synonyms: zip , ZIP
    Hypernyms: postal code , postcode
    • 2009, Judy Root Aulette, Judith G. Wittner, Kristin Blakely, Gendered Worlds‎[1] , Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351:
      90210 was a television show popular in the 1990s about a group of high school students and their families who all lived in the zip code 90210 in Beverly Hills, California, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles.
  2. (US , by extension) Any postal code.
    Synonyms: postal code , postcode
    • 1990, Alan Simpson, Paul Lichtman, The First Book of Lotus 1-2-3‎[2] , H.W. Sams & Company, →ISBN:
      For example, the foreign zip code H24 JZL is most certainly not a number.
    • 2011, Jaime Reed, Burning Emerald, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 46:
      Carrying the package to the stairs inside, I noticed it was addressed to Mom and me with a European zip code and stamp.
  3. (Philippines ) A postal code, especially for addresses served by PhilPost, consisting of a four-figure number.
  4. (sports , by extension) A grouping of athletes or teams with similar skill level.
    Wallace and Brewer are almost certain to finish 1-2 in some order – no one else is even in the same zip code.

Derived terms

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Translations

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US postal code
postcode — see postcode

Verb

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zip code (third-person singular simple present zip codes , present participle zip coding , simple past and past participle zip coded )

  1. (transitive ) To provide with, or allocate to, a zip code.

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