postombud
Swedish
Etymology
From post (“post, postal”) + ombud (“ombud, representative”).
Noun
postombud n
- (obsolete, 1933 to 1980s) a post office proxy, often done as a sideline by shopkeepers or sometimes by lantbrevbärare (“rural letter carriers”) in the kitchen
- (since 2006) a post office proxy, often located at the förbutik (“pre-store”) of a grocery store; provides services such as selling postage plus sending and receiving parcels and registered mail
- Ditt paket kan hämtas hos närmaste postombud.
- Your parcel can be collected at nearest postal representative.
- a business that performs this service
- Hemköp är vårat lokala postombud.
- Hemköp is our local postal representative.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | postombud | postombuds |
| definite | postombudet | postombudets | |
| plural | indefinite | postombud | postombuds |
| definite | postombuden | postombudens |
See also
- frimärksombud (“simplest post office proxy”)
- företagscenter (“business post centre”)
- spelombud (“bookmaker proxy”)