Definitions for united states postal service
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1. United States Postal Service, US Postal Service, USPSnoun

   an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States

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1. United States Postal Service

   The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U.S., including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the U.S. Constitution. The USPS, as of 2021, has 516,636 career employees and 136,531 non-career employees.The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general; he also served a similar position for the colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Post Office Department was created in 1792 with the passage of the Postal Service Act. It was elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and was transformed by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency. Since the early 1980s, many direct tax subsidies to the USPS (with the exception of subsidies for costs associated with disabled and overseas voters) have been reduced or eliminated.The USPS has a monopoly on "letter" delivery within the U.S. and operates under a universal service obligation (USO), both of which are defined across a broad set of legal mandates, which obligate it to provide uniform price and quality across the entirety of its service area. The Post Office has exclusive access to letter boxes marked "U.S. Mail" and personal letterboxes in the U.S., but has to compete against private package delivery services, such as United Parcel Service, FedEx, and Amazon.

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1. united states postal service

   The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent agency of the federal government of the United States that provides postal services, including mail and package delivery, within the United States. It was established by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 and operates as a self-sustaining agency funded by the sale of postal products and services. The USPS is responsible for delivering mail to all residents and businesses in the U.S., regardless of location, at a standardized rate. It also provides various other services like postal money orders and postal banking services.

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1. United States Postal Service

   The United States Postal Service, also known as the Post Office and U.S. Mail, is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The cabinet-level Post Office Department was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation and transformed into its current form in 1971 under the Postal Reorganization Act. The USPS employs over 574,000 workers and operates over 260,000 vehicles. The USPS is the operator of the largest vehicle fleet in the world. The USPS is legally obligated to serve all Americans, regardless of geography, at uniform price and quality. The USPS has exclusive access to letter boxes marked "U.S. Mail" and personal letterboxes in the United States, but still competes against private package delivery services, such as UPS and FedEx. The USPS has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the minor exception of subsidies for costs associated with the disabled and overseas voters. Since the 2006 all-time peak mail volume, after which Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act", revenue dropped sharply due to recession-influenced declining mail volume, prompting the postal service to look to other sources of revenue while cutting costs to reduce its budget deficit.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of united states postal service in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of united states postal service in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of united states postal service in a Sentence

1. Andrew Clyde:

   My question is, what does that have to do with the United States Postal Service? how much money has the Postal Service squandered on this program?

2. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   The 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in Washington, printed in triplicate by the Government Printing Office and mailed to you by the United States Postal Service.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=united states postal service
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
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4. ^ Wikidata
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