post office box
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A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.
- “Rich people use post office boxes to shield themselves from unwanted correspondence. It’s like a garbage can for mail.”2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 307:
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Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A test instrument once used by telephone engineers.
- Related terms
- safe-deposit box