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How to spell postage

Postage is spelled P-O-S-T-A-G-E.

hear itpost·age/'poʊstɪdʒ/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The charge for mailing something.

In a sentence: Sam put a stamp on the letter to pay for the postage.

The part people get wrong

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Same family: postal, postman, postcard, postmark, post office. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Postage” comes from the word “post,” which originally referred to a system of riders and relay stations carrying messages. The suffix “-age” turns it into a noun meaning the cost associated with sending mail.

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