Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 100
Posting (n.) The act of traveling post.
Posting (n.) (Bookkeeping) The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger.
Posting house, A post house.
Posting (n.) A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card].
Posting (n.) (Bookkeeping) A listing on the company's records; "the posting was made in the cash account".
Posting (n.) The transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the time of mailing" [syn: mailing, posting].
Posting (n.) Noun corresp. to v.: post (but note that post can be nouned). Distinguished from a ?letter? or ordinary email message by the fact that it is broadcast rather than point-to-point. It is not clear whether messages sent to a small mailing list are postings or email; perhaps the best dividing line is that if you don't know the names of all the potential recipients, it is a posting.
Posting, () A message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (may also be called "a post") or the act of sending it. Distinguished from a "letter" or ordinary electronic mail message by the fact that it is broadcast rather than point-to-point. It is not clear whether messages sent to a small mailing list are postings or e-mail; perhaps the best dividing line is that if you don't know the names of all the potential recipients, it is a posting. [{Jargon File]
Postliminiar (a.) Contrived, done, or existing subsequently. "Postliminious after applications of them to their purposes." -- South.
Postliminiary (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, the right of postliminium. Postliminium
Postliminium (n.) Alt. of Postliminy.
Postliminy (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy. -- Burrill.
Postliminy (n.) (Internat. Law) The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged. -- Kent.
Postlude (n.) (Med.) A voluntary at the end of a service.
Postlude (n.) A voluntary played at the end of a religious service.
Postmen (n. pl. ) of Postman.
Postman (n.) A post or courier; a letter carrier.
Postman (n.) (Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman. -- Whishaw.
Postman (n.) A man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
Postman, () Eng. law. A barrister in the court of exchequer, who has precedence in: motions.
Postmark (n.) The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.
Postmarked (imp. & p. p.) of Postmark.
Postmarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postmark.
Postmark (v. t.) To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel.
Postmark (n.) A cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing.
Postmark (v.) Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing [syn: postmark, frank].
Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.
Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails.
Postmaster (n.) The person in charge of a post office.
Postmaster (n.) The email contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the network. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail ({RFC-822) requires each machine to have a ?postmaster? address; usually it is aliased to this person.
Postmaster, () The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail ({RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is aliased to this person. See also webmaster.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () An officer of the United States appointed by the postmaster general to hold his office. during the, pleasure of the former. Before entering on the duties of his office, he is required to give bond with surety to be approved by the postmaster general. Act of 3d March, 1825, s. 3. 12. Every postmaster is required to keep an office in the place for which he may be appointed; and it is his duty to receive and forward by mail, without delay, all letters, papers, and packets as directed; to receive the mails and deliver, at all reasonable hours, all letters, papers and packets to the persons entitled thereto.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () In lieu of commissions allowed deputy postmasters by the 14th section of the act of 3d March, 1845,.the postmaster general is authorized by the act of March 1, 1847, s. 1, to allow, on the proceeds of their respective offices, a commission not exceeding the following rates on the amount received in any one year, or a due proportion thereof for less than a year: On a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, forty per cent; on a sum over the first hundred and not exceeding four hundred dollars, thirty-three and one-third per cent; on a sum over and above the first four hundred dollars and not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, thirty per cent.; on a sum over twenty-four hundred dollars, twelve and one-half per cent.; on all sums arising from the postage on newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, fifty per cent.; on the amount of postages on letters or packets received for distribution, seven per cent.: Provided, That all allowances, commissions, or other emoluments, shall be subject to the provisions of the forty-first section of the act which this is intended to amend; and that the annual compensation therein limited shall be computed for the fiscal year commencing on the first of July and ending the thirtieth of June each year, and that for any period less than a year the restrictions contained in said section shall be held to apply in a due proportion for such fractional period: And, provided further, That the compensation to any,, deputy postmaster under the foregoing provisions to be computed upon the receipt at his office of a larger sum shall in no case fall short of the amount to which he would be entitled under a smaller sum received at his office.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () By act of congress approved March 3, 1851, Sec. 6, it is enacted, That to any postmaster whose commissions may be reduced below the amount allowed at his office for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and whose labors may be increased, the postmaster general shall be authorized, in his discretion, to allow such additional commissions as be may deem just and proper Provided, That the whole amount of commissions allowed such postmaster during any fiscal year, shall not exceed by more than twenty per centum the amount of commissions at such office for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () Although not subject to all the, responsibilities of a common carrier, yet a postmaster is liable for all losses and injuries occasioned by his own default in office. 3 Wils. Rep. 443; Cowp. 754; 5 Burr. 2709; 1 Bell's Com. 468; 2 Kent. Com. 474; Story on Bailm. Sec. 463.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () Whether a postmaster is liable for the acts of his clerks or servants seems not to be settled. 1 Bell's Com. 468, 9. In Pennsylvania it has been decided that he is not responsible for their secret delinquencies, though perhaps he is answerable for want of attention to the official conduct of his subordinates. 8 Watts. R. 453. Vide Frank; Post Office.
Postmasters-general (n. pl. ) of Postmaster-general.
Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
Postmastership (n.) The office of postmaster.
Postmenopausal (a.) Subsequent to menopause.
Postmenopausal (a.) Of or occurring in the time following menopause.
Postmeridian (a.) Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (Abbrev. P. M.)
Postmeridian (a.) Fig., belonging to the after portion of life; late.
Postmeridian (a.) After noon [ant: antemeridian].
Post-mortem (a.) 死後的；驗屍的 After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
{Post-mortem examination} (Med.), An examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Post-mortem (n.) Discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn: postmortem, post-mortem].
Post-mortem (n.) An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination].
Post-mortem (a.) After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
Post-mortem examination (Med.), An examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Postmortem (a.) Occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds" [syn: {postmortem}, {postmortal}] [ant: {antemortem}].
Postmortem (a.) After death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address".
Postmortem (n.) Discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn: {postmortem}, {post-mortem}].
Postmortem (n.) An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: {autopsy}, {necropsy}, {postmortem}, {post-mortem}, {PM}, {postmortem examination}, {post-mortem examination}].
Postnares (n. pl.) (Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares.
Postnatal (a.) After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.
Postnatal (a.) Occurring immediately after birth; "postnatal development" [syn: postnatal, postpartum] [ant: antenatal, antepartum, perinatal, prenatal].
Postnate (a.) Subsequent. "The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate." [Archaic] -- Jer. Taylor.
Postnominal (n.) 勳銜 Something, such as a title or abbreviation denoting an attained academic degree or a membership in an organization, which is placed after a name.
Postnominal (n.) (Linguistics) Something which is placed after a noun, as "of mine" in "friend of mine".
Postnominal (a.) Alternative form of post-nominal.
Post-nominal (a.) (Of a series of letters) That are placed after a name.
Post note () A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand.
Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife.
Post-obit () Alt. of Post-obit bond.
Post-obit bond () A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations.
Postoblongata (n.) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.
Postocular (a. & n.) Same as Postorbital.
Post office (n.) See under 4th Post.
Postoral (a.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.
Postorbital (a.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles.
Postorbital (n.) A postorbital bone or scale.
Postpaid (a.) Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.
Postpalatine (a.) Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.
Postpliocene (a.) Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.
Postponed (imp. & p. p.) of Postpone.
Postponing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postpone.
Postpone (v. t.) (v. t.) 延遲，使延期，緩辦，擱延 (v. i.) 延緩發作 To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.
Postpone (v. t.) To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
Postpone (v.) Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone}, {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table}, {shelve}, {set back}, {defer}, {remit}, {put off}].
Postpone (v.) [ T ] (B1) 延後，延緩，使延期 To delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time.
// They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.
// [ + -ing verb ] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill.
Postponement (n.) 延期；延緩 The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. -- Macaulay.
Postponement (n.) Time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait].
Postponement (n.) Act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement, deferment, deferral].
Postponence (n.) The act of postponing, in sense 2.
Postponer (n.) One who postpones.
Postposed (imp. & p. p.) of Postpose.
Postposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postpose.
Postpose (v. t.) To postpone.
Postposit (v. t.) To postpone.
Postposition (n.) The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
Postposition (n.) A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition.
Postpositional (a.) Of or pertaining to postposition.
Postpositive (a.) 後置的 Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter. -- Post*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.
Postprandial (a.) Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.
Postprandial (a.) Happening or done after a meal. Postprandial is from post- + prandial, from Latin prandium, "a late breakfast or lunch."
Postremogeniture (n.) The right of the youngest born.
Postremote (a.) More remote in subsequent time or order.
Postrider (n.) One who rides over a post road to carry the mails.
Postscapula (n.) The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.
Postscapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.
Postscenium (n.) The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.
Postscribe (v. t.) To make a postscript.
Postscript (n.) A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.
Postscripted (a.) Having a postscript; added in a postscript.
Postscutellum (n.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.
Postsphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.
Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
Post-temporal (n.) A post-temporal bone.
Posttertiary (a.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.
Post-tragus (n.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
Post-tympanic (a.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
Postulant (n.) One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.
Postulate (n.) Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
Postulate (n.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
Postulate (a.) Postulated.
Postulated (imp. & p. p.) of Postulate.
Postulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postulate.
Postulate (v. t.) To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
Postulate (v. t.) To take without express consent; to assume.
Postulate (v. t.) To invite earnestly; to solicit.
Postulate (v.) [ I or T ] (Formal) To suggest a theory, idea, etc. as a basic principle from which a further idea is formed or developed.
// [ + that ] It was the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, who postulated that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
Postulated (a.) Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference.
Postulation (n.) The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
Postulatory (a.) Of the nature of a postulate.
Postulata (n. pl. ) of Postulatum.
Postulatum (n.) A postulate.
Postumous (a.) See Posthumous.
Postural (a.) Of or pertaining to posture.
Posture (n.) The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
Posture (n.) Place; position; situation.
Posture (n.) State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
Postured (imp. & p. p.) of Posture.
Posturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posture.
Posture (v. t.) To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.
Posture (v. i.) To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
Posture (v. i.) Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
Posturer (n.) One who postures.
Postzygapophyses (n. pl. ) of Postzygapophysis.
Postzygapophysis (n.) A posterior zygapophysis.
Posies (n. pl. ) of Posy.
Posy (n.) A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring. -- Shak.