(n.) The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stamps, which were similar in paper and size to Japanese 10-yen postage stamps, were wrapped around the penis before sleep and the stamp ring was checked for breakage the next morning.
(2) A brief orientation to postage stamps and philately is given, and a small collection of rheumatologically related stamps is illustrated.
(3) There was no financial incentive to return this survey except that return postage was paid by the author.
(4) There was no financial incentive for return of the survey other than return postage paid for by the author.
(5) In a survey of attitudes and referral practices toward screening mammography, one-fifth (886) of the 4200 physicians queried returned a postage-paid questionnaire.
(6) As the Powell quote above suggests, as of the early 1970s, they led the way into a world where the most ambitious groups dispensed with band-portraits, and even typography: to this day, even if album "sleeves" are now often boiled down to the size of a postage stamp, musicians usually serve notice of their ambition by leaving such fripperies off their artwork.
(7) Small booksellers argue they cannot compete with Amazon because it provides free postage and free fast delivery deals on top of 5% discount.
(8) A self-administered, postage prepaid questionnaire was sent to 1000 Indiana consumers randomly selected from telephone directories.
(9) It contained items of value, including sales receipts needed to return goods, my driving licence, loyalty cards, library cards and postage stamps.
(10) The accompanying marketing blitzkrieg has given us postage stamps , Madame Tussauds exhibits , themed decor from Pottery Barn and fleets of new toys , including actual droids .
(11) Some retailers have a better online price than they do in-store, but charge postage.
(12) Heads Up, Tim Tron is available from The Children's Trust for just the cost of postage and packing.
(13) The fact that your proof of postage shows that the parcel weighed considerably more than an empty box, and that the buyer has refused to cooperate in the dispute resolution process, appears irrelevant to eBay.
(14) It comes with a 128-page recipe book and can be bought from Andrew James for £27.90 including postage .
(15) These companies bulk-buy postage slots then sell in dividual slots to consumers, passing on some of the discount.
(16) Other variables such as inclusion of postage and dietary restrictions were studied and cost efficiencies were estimated.
(17) Postage stamps sold in the capital, Sarajevo, are not valid in the RS; railway engines have to be swapped as a train from Ploce to Zagreb crosses the country, from Croatian, to Bosnian, to Serbian and back to Croatian again (and these countries want to join the EU?).
(18) Men who received the stamped envelope had a 5.9% greater response than those who received the franked envelope (p less than 0.001), but the type of postage did not influence response among women (p = 0.84); this interaction was statistically significant (p = 0.006).
(19) These eyes were randomly assigned to four groups: "can opener," linear capsulotomy, capsulopuncture ("postage stamp"), and continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC).
(20) We had a tiny postage stamp-sized garden in Ealing.
Pottage
Definition:
(n.) A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge.
Example Sentences:
(1) On Thursday the FA disclosed the full extent of Ince's actions as it revealed he physically assaulted the fourth official Mark Pottage while using a series of expletives.
(2) As the buggered ploughs and botched pottage mounted, any residual rose-tinted sentimentality flaked off like the skin of a psoriatic shire horse.
(3) Surely, after hearing it, the crowd would surge forwards and carry me on their shoulders, from our hotel in Brighton maybe even as far as Westminster (stopping off at the Pease Pottage Services ), where we would nail our Grand Remonstrance to the doors of parliament itself.
(4) In an examination during the hearing, Langford added that "Mr Ince's eyes were bulging" as he squared up to Pottage.
(5) "As this occurred Mr Ince, being restrained by stewards and players of Blackpool, was repeatedly shouting in an aggressive manner: 'I'll knock you fucking out you cunt,' to Mr Pottage."
(6) "Mr Ince then turned around and violently shoved Mr Pottage with two hands in to the chest.
(7) Giving his own evidence Ince, who denied using the word 'cunt' said: "As I turned around, Mr Pottage stepped forward and was 'fronting me up' in my face.
(8) It is a foul pottage of denigration, inadequacy, spite and lust; consider this, and Inverdale's remark is barely strange.
(9) "Mark Pottage, the fourth official, was stood behind Mr Ince at the time and said: 'I'm here.'