Glossary of postal terms. 2014.
ZIP Code Tabulation Area — ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) are a new statistical entity developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000. This new entity was developed to overcome the difficulties in precisely defining the… … Wikipedia
ZIP code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Zip code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
zip code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ZIP Code — ☆ ZIP Code [zip ] [Z(one) I(mprovement) P(lan)] service mark for a system of code numbers assigned by the postal service to be used as part of the mailing address: each code designates a delivery area n. [usually zip c ] such a code number,… … English World dictionary
ZIP code — Mr. ZIP promoted the use of ZIP codes for the USPS during the 1960s and 1970s. ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan,[1] is properly… … Wikipedia
ZIP code prefixes — This table lists 3 digit ZIP Code prefixes, each of which represents a United States Postal Service (USPS) sectional center facility (SCF). Each SCF serves local addresses whose 5 digit ZIP Codes start with the same prefix. *All addresses in this … Wikipedia
zip code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five or nine digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four… … Universalium
ZIP code — noun a) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five or nine figure number. A lot of people in this area have lived in the same ZIP code their whole lives. b) A region within which all addresses… … Wiktionary
zip code — noun Usage: often capitalized Z&I&P Etymology: zone improvement plan Date: 1963 1. a number that identifies each postal delivery area in the United States 2. the geographic area identified by a zip code … New Collegiate Dictionary
