G.P.O.

or GPO

abbreviation for

1. general post office.
2. Government Printing Office.

GPO

abbreviation for

1. general post office

Example Sentences

Mr. Blair said individuals who are eligible for a public pension and Social Security can estimate their future benefits by running the numbers on the W.E.P. and G.P.O. calculators.

From New York Times

The teenager was quickly dubbed “G.P.O. Girl,” for the place she’d first turned up.

From The New Yorker

From the waters off Seattle to the maritime border with Canada, 27 divers looked for the giant Pacific octopus, or G.P.O. as it’s called, at 11 sites around Puget Sound last month.

From Seattle Times

“But, was G.P.O. a mistake? Is it just them not understanding how things work or not understanding what it stands for? They could have found a way in and these were the agencies that came up,” Mr. Lewis said.

From New York Times

I ask the man what’s perfidy and he says ask your father and I would but we’re stopping outside a big building with columns and that’s the G.P.O.

From Literature

Related Words

• postal service