postpaid
postpaid Lexical Profile
postpaid Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to a service, especially a mobile phone plan, for which the user is billed at the end of a billing cycle after the service has been used.
"She switched from a pay-as-you-go account to a monthly postpaid plan with unlimited data."
Having the postage or shipping charges paid in advance by the sender.
"Please return the completed survey in the enclosed postpaid envelope."
• adverb
With the postage or shipping costs already paid in advance.
"The publisher ships all hardcover orders postpaid within the continental United States."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Postpaid" has two distinct origins that can cause confusion: in mailing, the "post" refers to postal mail (meaning postage is already paid in advance), whereas in modern telecommunications, "post-" is the Latin prefix meaning "after" (meaning the bill is paid after using the service).