portokod

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Swedish

A Swedish letter with a postage code in place of postage stamp.

Etymology

porto (postage) +‎ kod (code)

Noun

portokod c

  1. postage code
    Synonym: digitalt frimärke
    Hypernyms: frankering, porto
    Coordinate terms: frankostämpel, frimärke, poststämpel
    • 2021 March 24, Bobby Green, “PostNord lanserar portokoder – Ersätt frimärket med en kod”, in Feber.se:
      Det handlar om portokoder som man köper online och sedan för hand plitar ner på det som ska skickas, istället för att klistra på ett frimärke.
      It's about postage codes that you buy online and then by hand write down on what is to be sent, instead of pasting a stamp.
    • 2021 May 5, Anders Frick, “Så fungerar de nya portokoderna som ersätter frimärket”, in Ny Teknik:
      I stället för att klistra fast frimärke på kuvertet kan du nu själv skriva en portokod som har samma funktion.
      Instead of sticking a stamp on the envelope, you can now write a postage code yourself that has the same function.
    • 2023 April 19, Markus Dahlberg, “Portokod – nya tidens frimärke [Postage code – the stamp of the modern age]”, in Här & Nu:
      Visserligen går det fortfarande utmärkt att köpa frimärken och klistra dem på kuvert och brev, men det finns en digital variant av frimärken som blir allt populärare – de så kallade portokoderna.
      It is still perfectly fine to buy stamps and stick them on envelopes and letters, but there is a digital alternative to stamps that is becoming increasingly popular – the so-called postage codes.
    • 2024 August 21, Henrik Östensson, “Portokoden – när portot blir frimärksbefriat [The postage code – when postage becomes stamp-free]”, in Sydnärkenytt:
      Filatelister, frimärkssamlare våndas rimligen över portokoderna.
      Philatelists, stamp collectors, are understandably distressed by postage codes.

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