box number
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- box no. (common abbreviation)
Etymology[edit]
Literally, the number of a box into which mail for a particular recipient is placed.
Noun[edit]
box number (plural box numbers)
- A numerical address for postal correspondence, managed by a company or organisation on behalf of the addressee, and used e.g. for convenience, if one does not have a suitable physical address for receiving mail, or to avoid giving one's real address (e.g. in a newspaper advertisement).
- They didn't give me a proper address, only a box number.
- Would anyone with knowledge of the present whereabouts of Mrs Doris Miggins, formerly of Station Road, please contact Box No. 99, Puddletown Evening Gazette.
Usage notes[edit]
When forming part of an address, often capitalised as "Box No." or reduced to just "Box".