| 单词 | letter balance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter balance letter balance n. now chiefly historical = letter-scale n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > scale for weighing letters letter balance1837 letter weigher1839 letter-scale1840 1837 Westm. Election 8 (advt.) Ollivier's Post Office Letter Balance. For the Library and Drawing Room Table. 1880 G. N. Lamphere U.S. Govt. 240/1 Supplying the post-offices entitled thereto with blanks,..twine, letter-balances, and cancelling-stamps. 1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 577/1 A German firm brought out a folding letter-balance, on the pan of which were engraved the British postal rates and the legend, ‘Made in Germany’. 2000 N. Hall in D. Barton & N. Hall Let. Writing as Social Pract. vi. 103 There could have been a letter balance to ensure correct postage was paid. < as lemmas |
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