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box number

 
 
noun [C] (also box) COMMUNICATIONS

Definition

a number you can give for people to communicate with you instead of your address, especially in advertisements: When the newspaper inserts a box number in an ad and forwards the replies, the service charge is $75.post office/postal/PO box number He asked for cheques to be sent to a postal box number.
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