Philately



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 集邮
• ［英］ n. 集邮 ( stamp collecting)
• ［记］ phil ( 爱) +ately ( 邮票)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French philatélie, from phil- + Greek ateleia tax exemption, from atelēs free from tax, from a- + telos tax; perhaps akin to Greek tlēnai to bear; from the fact that a stamped letter frees the recipient from paying the mailing charges — more at tolerate
• Date: circa 1865
• the collection and study of postage and imprinted stamps ; stamp collecting
• ? philatelic adjective
• ? philatelically adverb

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