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What is "return address"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
return address
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And there will need to be a note on return address, return by date etc.
▪ In some cases they note the original postmark and return address.
▪ It came in a plain white envelope with a New York postmark and had no return address.
▪ L.P.E has many database functions for storing commonly used addresses and can automatically print a return address on each envelope if required.
▪ With no return address and written in a hand I had not immediately recognized, the envelope drew no attention to itself.
WordNet
return address

n. the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered

Wikipedia
Return address

In postal mail, a return address is an explicit inclusion of the address of the person sending the message. It provides the recipient (and sometimes authorized intermediaries) with a means to determine how to respond to the sender of the message if needed. The return address need not include a sender's name, but should include address or P.O. box details in the same way as the delivery address should. In some countries, the return address is conventionally located in the upper left hand corner of the envelope, card, or label. In the United Kingdom, the return address is usually placed on the reverse of the envelope, near the top.

Businesses often use envelopes preprinted with a return address. Many individuals have sheets of adhesive labels preprinted with their home address to affix to their correspondence. Charities sometimes include such sheets in mailshots. Rolls of Return Address Labels can be purchased from companies that sell personalized labels to provide individuals an easy way to peel and stick return address labels to their envelopes.

The return address is not required on postal mail. However, lack of a return address prevents the postal service from being able to return the item if it proves undeliverable; such as from damage, postage due, or invalid destination. Such mail may otherwise become dead letter mail.

Should the return address be of a different state or country, the mail may be routed through that location for ease of return.

Return address (disambiguation)

A return address on a piece of mail identifies where to return it to if it cannot be sent to the address.

The term may also refer to:

  • Bounce address, a similar feature on email
  • The memory address a return statement hands control of a computer program to

Usage examples of "return address".

A week later, a get well card had arrived in the mail with no return address and no signature, postmarked Houston.

If they (the spammers) hide their return address, I find it and post it if I have time.

The letter came just before noon, special delivery, a dimestore envelope with the return address F.

I stamped a return address on a business envelope, typed Reg's address (the confectioner's sugar was out of my machine but the keys still had a tendency to stick), and added a brief personal note, saying that no check to an author had ever given me more personal pleasure.