- box number
- noun (C) BrE an address at the post office that people can use instead of their own address
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
box number
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box number — ➔ number1 * * * box number UK US noun [C] (also box) COMMUNICATIONS ► a number you can give for people to communicate with you instead of your address, especially in advertisements: »When the newspaper inserts a box number in an ad and forwards… … Financial and business terms
box number — box ,number noun count an address consisting of the number of a P.O. Box (=an address you use instead of your real address) … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
box number — box numbers N COUNT A box number is a number used as an address, for example one given by a newspaper for replies to a private advertisement, or one used by an organization for the letters sent to it … English dictionary
box-number — ox number n. the mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
box number — ► NOUN ▪ a number identifying an advertisement in a newspaper, used as an address for replies … English terms dictionary
box number — index address Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
box number — box .number n an address at the ↑post office that people can have their letters etc sent to instead of their own address … Dictionary of contemporary English
box number — noun 1. the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected • Syn: ↑post office box number, ↑PO box number, ↑PO Box No • Hypernyms: ↑mailing address 2. a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent … Useful english dictionary
box number — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms box number : singular box number plural box numbers an address consisting of the number of a po box (= an address you use instead of your real address) … English dictionary
box number — /ˈbɒks nʌmbə/ (say boks numbuh) noun 1. a number of a box at a post office, used as an address. 2. a number given in a newspaper advertisement as an address to which replies may be directed, care of the newspaper office …
box number — / bɒks ˌnʌmbə/ noun a reference number used when asking for mail to be sent to a post office or when asking for replies to an advertisement to be sent to the newspaper’s offices ● Please reply to Box No. 209 … Dictionary of banking and finance
