postcode

noun

post·​code ˈpōs(t)-ˌkōd 

: a code (as of numbers and letters) used similarly to the zip code especially in the United Kingdom and Australia

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

None of the attacks occurred anywhere near the postcode that Mr. Adedeji had sent in the Telegram chat. —Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022

But the odds are long, even for the biggest club in London's most prestigious postcode. —David Dawkins, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022

My app provides a precise address for the AirTag’s location, complete with postcode (or zip code), as well as a time for when it was last located. —Barry Collins, Forbes, 15 May 2021

Finally, each installation of the app was associated with one of 338 postcode districts. —John Drake, Forbes, 21 May 2021

In August last year, most NHS trusts would still not allow partners to attend prenatal scans and as the months drew on, the rules women were subject to became something of a postcode lottery. —Natasha Preskey, refinery29.com, 28 May 2021

Some provinces could afford it, others couldn’t, which ended up creating a postcode lottery for artists. —Shain Shapiro, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021

In Britain, health care access and health care outcomes are known to vary radically by postcode (the British term for the American zip code). —John C. Goodman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021

Peachey was one of the 30,000 people whose postcode came up in a random lottery to choose potential participants, and one of 1748 people who responded to the invitation. —Cathleen O’grady, Science | AAAS, 29 Oct. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above