Crossword Dictionary

What's The Definition Of Postal?

\Post"al\, a. [Cf. F. postal.] Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities. {Postal card}, or {Post card}, a card sold by the government for transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on one side of the card, and the direction on the other. {Postal money order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}. {Postal note}, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (in the United States less than five dollars under existing law), issued from one post office and payable at another specified office. {Postal Union}, a union for postal purposes entered into by the most important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate.