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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
post office
ˈpost office [post office post offices] BrE NAmE noun
1. countable a place where you can buy stamps, send letters, etc
• Where's the main post office?
• You can buy your stamps at the post office.
•a post office counter
2. the ˈPost Officesingular (abbr.PO)the national organization in many countries that is responsible for collecting and delivering letters, etc
• He works for the Post Office.
3. (NAmE) (BrE ˌpostman's ˈknock)uncountable a children's game in which imaginary letters are exchanged for kisses
See also: ↑postman's knock
Culture:
In Britain the Post Office is part of the Royal Mail Group plc. It has many branches, from large post offices in cities to sub-post offices in small towns, which are sometimes part of a shop selling other goods. British people use their local post office to send letters and parcels, and also to pay bills and get official documents such as ↑tax discs
note at ↑postal services
See also ↑GPO, See also ↑Royal Mail
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Example Bank:
•You can buy stamps at the post office.
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