postpaid

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adjective

Having the cost of postage already paid or included in the price.

Similar
prepaidpaid
Opposite
prepaid
OriginEnglish paid ← Middle English payen ← Old French paiier →
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Meanings

postpaid1

adjectivepostpaid (not comparable)

alternative post-paid

  1. not comparableusuallyparcelHaving the cost of postage already paid or included in the price.
adverbpostpaid (not comparable)

alternative post-paid

  1. not comparableWith the cost of postage already paid or included in the price.

    The complete words and score … can be supplied by Dick & Fitzgerald, post-paid, on receipt of $2.00.

    1903, M. F. Hutchinson, Princess Kiku, New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, page 6

postpaid2

adjectivepostpaid (not comparable)

alternative post-paid

  1. not comparablePaid after the service (used especially of cellular phones).

    Antonyms: prepaid

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePaid after the service (used especially of cellular phones).

Opposite
prepaid

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveused especially of mail; paid in advance

Similar
prepaidpaid
Also see
prepaid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

postpaid · adjective, adverb

Compound of post + paid.

Full word history & related roots →

postpaid · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
  9. Proto-Italic*pāks
  10. Latinpāx
  11. Latinpācō
  12. Old Frenchpaiier
  13. Middle Englishpayen
  14. Englishpay
  15. Englishpaid
  16. Englishpostpaid

From post- + paid.

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Translations

Malay pascabayar
  • pascabayarpaid after the service
Portuguese pós-pago
  • pós-pagopaid after the service
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APA

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MLA

“postpaid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postpaid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postpaid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postpaid.

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