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  • 51poste restante — noun (U) BrE a post office department which keeps letters for people who are travelling, until they arrive to collect them; general delivery AmE …

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  • 52poste restante — UK [ˌpəʊst ˈrestɒnt] / US [ˌpoʊst reˈstɑnt] noun [uncountable] tourism British an arrangement in which your post is sent to a post office in a different area so that you can collect it while you are travelling …

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  • 53poste restante — poste res•tante [[t]ˌpoʊst rɛˈstɑnt[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈrɛs tɑnt[/t]] fr. [[t]pɔst rɛsˈtɑ̃t[/t]] n. chiefly brit. brit. phi general delivery • Etymology: 1760–70; < F: lit., left post …

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  • 54poste restante — /poʊst rɛsˈtɒnt/ (say pohst res tont), /pɒst/ (say post) noun a department in a post office where letters remain until they are called for. {French: mail remaining} …

  • 55poste restante —   n. department of post office holding letters until called for …

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  • 56poste restante-brev — pos|te re|stante brev sb., et, e, ene (jf. § 57. Bindestreg.7.a) …

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  • 57poste restante — poste re|s|tante [ pɔst ... tã:t ] <französisch> (französische Bezeichnung für postlagernd) …

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  • 58poste restante — n. 1 a direction on a letter to indicate that it should be kept at a specified post office until collected by the addressee. 2 the department in a post office where such letters are kept. Etymology: F, = letter(s) remaining …

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  • 59restant — 1. restant [ rɛstɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1323; de rester ♦ Reste (surtout en parlant de choses matérielles). Je vous paierai le restant dans un mois. ⇒ reliquat. Elle « employa tous les restants de papiers qu elle avait trouvés » (Balzac). « Le vide des… …

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  • 60poste — 1. poste [ pɔst ] n. f. • XIIe; subst. verb. de pondre « poser, établir », en a. franç. ; lat. ponere 1 ♦ Mar. Position, place, dans l expr.À POSTE : en place. Mettre l ancre à poste, à sa place. ♢ Astronaut. Mise à poste d un satellite… …

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