post office
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- airmail facility
- generally located at an airport, this is a branch of the post office that distributes mail by air
- annual leave
- time off that you are paid for or vacation time
- auxillary route
- an additional route for carriers that adds delivery service but used less than 8 hours a day
- a postmark found on the backside of a piece of mail
- back stamp
- a branch is usually located outside city or town limits and is considered a substation of the main branch that is located inside the city limits
- branch post office
- stacking mail on the machine feeder to prepare it for the machine itself
- batching mail
- a group or bundle of mail that is bound together and have a common destination
- bundle
- a carrier route with at least 70% of delivery addresses being businesses
- business route
- mail that goes directly to mail carrier routes and bypasses the distribution centers
- by-pass mail
- this is where postage due, COD, customs duty, registered and certified mail are passed to carriers
- cage
- a term used for customers that come to the post office to pick up mail regularly
- callers
- used to deface postage used, this machine prevents re-usage of stamps on mail and also postmarks it.
- canceling machine
- mail that is carried out by the carrier for delivery. usually in a pouch
- carry out
- a case checker must check a case to prove knowledge of a distribution schematic.
- case examination
- a label put on a caseto indicate which mail is to be seperated or to be put in that box.
- case label
- placing flat mail in order, preparing it for delivery or separating flats and letters into carrying cases
- casing or routing
- referred to CFS, it serves as a central point to forward mail
- Centralized Fowarding Service
- commonly referred to as kirsch, this is third class mail that is distributed to more than one person such as a retail sale flyer
- circulars
- delivery destinations within city limits
- city delivery
- las bundling for dispatch
- closing
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this is the abbreviation for Cash On
Delivery - C.O.D.
- getting mail in order and in to sets
- collating mail
- a route where a carrier makes stops to collect mail
- collection route
- an employee that collects mail from various locations such as boxes, classified stations, streets, and brings it back to the post office for processing
- collector
- a route that require other tasks other than just delivery of mail
- combination service route
- a collection box with a mail depositchute
- courtesy box
- a belt used to move letter, flats and small parcel packages
- culling belt
- the time which mail is to be dispatched from cases
- cut off time
- a letter that contains incorrect deliver info and does not have a return address renderng it "dead" as in undeliverable
- dead letter
- a bundle of mail made for one individual, firm, or town
- direct
- mail that was addressed to another post office and must be re-worked before dispatching
- distribution
- an opening that mail is dropped into
- drop
- traveling through a route or portion of a route without making deliveries
- dead heading
- a deviation or departure from the normal route or routine
- deviation
- a person who dispatches mail to its proper location
- expediter
- mail that is arranged so that address and postage face the same direction
- faced mail
- a label attached to a bundle of mail that indicates whether the bundle will be directed to a sectional center or direct mail
- facing slip
- a case that is marked last withdrawal of preferential mail
- final case
- the final verification step that ensures mail is being sent to the correct destination
- fingering
- when certain firms receive large enough bundles of mail, this mail is bundled and delivered to the individual firms, known as special treatment
- firm directs
- a route where a carrier delivers mail be foot
- foot route
- a change of address card that is filed with the post office. the card indicates an address to forward mail to
- foward order
- sent by a designated person, this mail has no postage stamps for postage
- franked mail
- mail that has no postage because it is not required, such as mail for the blind, penalty mail and franked mail
- free matter
- a schematic or plan that indicates how each post office within the state is supplied and distributes mail
- general state scheme
- a permanent label that is used for different schemes and avoids re-labeling the case
- header
- mail that is coming into facility for processing
- incoming
- an iron lock used in the post office
- LA locks
- mail that will not be damaged when put into a certain size case
- letter size mail
- mail that is in the same area of addresses of that particular post office
- local mail
-
envelopes that are not bigger that
6 1/2" wider and are more than 7" in length - long letters
- a room that overlooks the post office
- lookout
- mail that is either undeliverable or has a new address for a recipient that has moved
- marked up mail
- mail that is sent to the wrong destination
- misthrows
- a route where mail is collected or distributed by motorized vehicle
- motorized route
- mail that is undeliverable due to incorrect addressing, insufficient addressing or is not legible
- nixie
- machine is used to automatically face and cancel mail
- Mark II Facer Canceler
- mail that is ran through a meter rather than placing stamps on the parcels. the meter stamps the package with the amount of postage and indicates the meter number.
- metered mail
- mail that was delivered not following schematic, orders, or schemes
- missent mail
- a mail route using motorized vehicle
- mounted mail
- regular mail or mail that is not COD or registered, etc
- ordinary mail
- non-local mail that will be sent to other offices
- outgoing
- a bag used to distribute mail that is not first class and has a fastener and draw string
- sack
- a plan that outlines how mail will be delivered
- scheme
- mail going through the second distribution
- secondary
- a cell or sub-division of a distribution case
- separation
- the time an employee is scheduled to work
- shift
- envelopes shorter than 7"
- short letters
- overlooking a piece of mail while pulling a case
- sleeper
- mail that must be hand stamped because it has an odd shape and cannot go through the automated machines
- slugs
- mail that is not getting processed due to lack of employees
- stuck mail
- an employee break room
- swing mail
- mail that is ordered for delivery
- sequenced mail
- mail that is less than 16 ounces
- third class
- a bundle of mail tied with string or bound with rubber bands that have a label of destination
- tie outs
- mail that reached the final distributor by mistake and must be sent to the correct distributor
- throw backs
- a form use dto located lost mail
- tracer
- cards used by the post office to verify that mail is being delivered correctly
- test card
- a case where the postal worker places mail that is undeliverable or forwarded
- throw back case
- a substitute carrier that delivers mail when there is a need for a replacement due to employee absence
- utility carrier
- an extension on a case to make the case bigger
- winged case
- mail that needs to be distributed or sorted
- working mail
- a designated area in the post office where handling, separation and dispatching or mail occurs.
- workroom floor
- Zip Mail Translator
- ZMT