zip code

zip code
The US name for a postcode. It consists of a five- or nine-digit code, the first five digits indicating the state and postal zone or post office, the last four digits the rural route, building, or other delivery location.

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  • zip-code — /zip kohd /, v.t., zip coded, zip coding. to provide or mark with a zip code: Zip code all mail. Also, ZIP code, Zip code. * * * Zip Code, Zip code, zip code, or ZIP Code, U.S. a five digit number used to identify a mail delivery zone in the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ZIP-Code — Zonen in den USA Br …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ZIP Code — Zonen in den USA Der ZIP Code [ˈzɪp ˌkoʊd] (Abkürzung für Zone Improvement Plan) ist der Postleitzahlen Code des Postdienstleisters der Vereinigten Staaten, United States Postal Service. Es handelt sich dabei um einen 5 stelligen Code. Jede der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Zip Code — Zonen in den USA Der ZIP Code [ˈzɪp ˌkoʊd] (Abkürzung für Zone Improvement Plan) ist der Postleitzahlen Code des Postdienstleisters der Vereinigten Staaten, United States Postal Service. Es handelt sich dabei um einen 5 stelligen Code. Jede der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ZIP code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Zip code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • zip code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • zip-code — /zip kohd /, v.t., zip coded, zip coding. to provide or mark with a zip code: Zip code all mail. Also, ZIP code, Zip code. * * * …   Universalium

  • ZIP Code — ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) Code Established in 1963, the system of 5 digit codes that identifies the individual post office or metropolitan area delivery station associated with an address. The first three digits identify the delivery area of a… …   Glossary of postal terms

  • zip code — ˈzip code noun [countable] a number that you put below the address on an envelope to help the postal service deliver the mail more quickly; = postcode Bre * * * zip code UK US (US (UK postcode) ► COMMUNICATIONS a short series of numbers that is… …   Financial and business terms

  • ZIP Code — ☆ ZIP Code [zip ] [Z(one) I(mprovement) P(lan)] service mark for a system of code numbers assigned by the postal service to be used as part of the mailing address: each code designates a delivery area n. [usually zip c ] such a code number,… …   English World dictionary

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