the Post Office

:  a piece (as of timber or metal) fixed firmly in an upright position especially as a stay or support :  pillar, column

:  a pole or stake set up to mark or indicate something

:  a pole that marks the starting or finishing point of a horse race

:  to publish, announce, or advertise by or as if by use of a placard

:  to denounce by public notice

:  to enter on a public listing

:  courier

:  one of a series of stations for keeping horses for relays

:  the distance between any two such consecutive stations :  stage

:  to travel with post-horses

:  to ride or travel with haste :  hurry

:  to rise from the saddle and return to it in rhythm with a horse's trot

:  with post-horses :  express

:  the place at which a soldier is stationed

:  a sentry's beat or station

:  a station or task to which one is assigned

:  to station in a given place

:  to carry ceremoniously to a position

:  to assign to a unit, position, or location (as in the military or civil service)

:  a special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of governmental authority and for a public purpose :  a position of authority to exercise a public function and to receive whatever emoluments may belong to it

:  a position of responsibility or some degree of executive authority

:  a prescribed form or service of worship