Postage

(noun.) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid.

(noun.) the charge for mailing something.

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• I offered her a postage-stamp when she came down. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The typewriter saves time, labor, postage and paper; it reduces the liability to mistakes, brings system into official correspondence, and delights the heart of the printer. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• When Morocco is in a state of war, Arab couriers carry letters through the country and charge a liberal postage. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• None but members of parliament and a few public officers have now a right to avoid, by a frank, the payment of postage. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The threads in postage envelopes and in bankers' cheques, are introduced by this process of plating two surfaces together. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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