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单词 monomark
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monomark

/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)mɑːk/
noun
A combination of letters or figures or a mixture of the two used to identify an individual person (especially for the purposes of postal delivery), and as a mark to identify personal property.
  • The concept was superseded by the postcode system in Britain, but the word survives in the names of the companies British Monomarks Limited and British Monomark, which supply secure postal addresses..

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in The Westminster Gazette. From mono- + mark.

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