transitive verb. 1 : to measure by means of a meter. 2 : to supply in a measured or regulated amount. 3 : to print postal indicia on by means of a postage meter.
Because Guam is also part of the U.S. Postal System (postal abbreviation: GU, ZIP code range: 96910â96932), mail to Guam from the U.S. mainland is considered domestic and no additional charges are required.
[1900s+ Army; fr gugu, a term of Filipino origin, perhaps fr Vicol gugurang, ''familiar spirit, personal demon,'' adopted by US armed forces during the Filipino Insurrection of 1899 as a contemptuous term for Filipinos, and spread among US troops to other places of occupation, invasion, etc; probably revived after 1950 by the Korean term kuk, which is a suffix of nationality, as in Chungkuk, ''China,'' etc]