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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).

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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