Meanings
- USnonstandardnot comparablearriving at its destination; incoming
Some of this mail consists of destinating mail from other offices, while some of it originated locally.
1992, Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, The economics of postal service, page 101 more example
All containers of mail whose respective destination postal code is less than 200 miles (US Postal Services) away from the originating mail processing center is transported directly to the destinating mail processing center.
2007, Gerrit Bleumer, Electronic postage systems: technology, security, economics, page 34
Origin
As an antonym for originating, based on destination.
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