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postage (s) (noun), postages (pl)
1. The amount of money that is paid for the delivery of written correspondence: Sally put the right postage on the airmail letters before putting them into the mailbox.

The clerk told Grace how much postage (stamps or labels) she would need in order to mail her packages.

2. Etymology: from Middle French poste, "place where one is stationed" also, "station for post horses" referring to riders and horses posted at intervals along a route to speed mail delivery in relays, from Italian posto, "post, station"; from Vulgar Latin postum, from Latin positum, past participle of ponere, "to place, to put".
postage (adjective), more postage, most postage
A reference to stamps or printed marks attached to mail to show that payment has been made for delivery of such items: Susan purchased more postage stamps to put on the letters that she was sending to her friends.

Sam still likes to keep more postage stamps for his extensive collection.

(consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there)