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postage Noun

— Postage is money that is paid to have a letter or package delivered to someone. Mary paid 50 cents for postage.

paid

— adjective marked by the reception of pay paid work a paid official a paid announcement a paid check — adjective (= nonrecreational) involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby — adjective (= gainful) yielding a fair profit

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by Preposition

— near or next to. The mailbox is by the bus stop. — at some time before (the given time). Be back by ten o'clock! — if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. — if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc. There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare. — shows how someone does something I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. — using the rules or logic of. I sorted the items by category. — with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed. Our stock is up by ten percent. — shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs") We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. — If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math. Five multiplied by seven is 35. — If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math. 35 divided by seven is five.

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receiver Noun

— A receiver is an electronic device that changes a radio signal into useful information. — A receiver is an attorney or trustee who temporarily either owns or manages property that is the subject of a lawsuit.

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