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Meaning of box number | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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).

Equivalents

Deutsch Chiffre

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

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