post office ˈpost ˌoffice noun [countable]
1. a place where you can buy stamps, send parcels etc:
• Customers have complained about the length of time spent queuing at their local post office.
2. the Post Office the national organization in several countries, including Britain, responsible for collecting and delivering letters, parcels etc:
• The Canadian Post Office had only a 4% market share for international deliveries.
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post office UK US noun [C] COMMUNICATIONS
► a place where stamps are sold, and from where letters and packages are sent: a post office branch/counter/network »
2000 out of 5000 post office counters have been closed.
»a local post office
»the main/central post office
Financial and business terms. 2012.