zip code

name

1. Alternative form of ZIP Code.

noun

Etymology: From ZIP Code, a trademark of the United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

1. A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.

   “90210 was a television show popular in the 1990s about a group of high school students and their families who all lived in the zip code 90210 in Beverly Hills, California, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles.”

2. Any postal code.

   “For example, the foreign zip code H24 JZL is most certainly not a number.”

   “Carrying the package to the stairs inside, I noticed it was addressed to Mom and me with a European zip code and stamp.”

3. A postal code, especially for addresses served by PhilPost, consisting of a four-figure number.
4. A grouping of athletes or teams with similar skill level.

   “Wallace and Brewer are almost certain to finish 1-2 in some order – no one else is even in the same zip code.”

verb

Etymology: From ZIP Code, a trademark of the United States Postal Service, from ZIP (“Zone Improvement Plan”), introduced 1963.

1. To provide with, or allocate to, a zip code.