zip-coding, n.

zip-coding
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zip-coding_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 2021

# zip-codingnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zip-coding mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zip-coding. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is used in U.S. English.

### Where does the noun zip-coding come from?

Earliest known use

1960s

The earliest known use of the noun zip-coding is in the 1960s.

OED's earliest evidence for zip-coding is from 1964, in the Washington Post.

### Nearby entries

1. zip, n.² & adj. 1900–
2. zip, n.³ 1962–
3. zip, n.⁴ 1968–
4. zip, v.¹ 1852–
5. zip, v.² 1964–
6. zip, int. & n.¹ 1678–
7. zip-a-dee-doo-dah, int. & adj. 1945–
8. zip code, n. 1962–
9. zip-code, v. 1962–
10. zip-coded, adj. 1963–
11. zip-coding, n.1964–
12. zip coon, n. 1833–
13. zip cuff, n. 1995–
14. zip cuff, v. 1996–
15. Zipf, n. 1936–
16. zip fastener, n. 1925–
17. zip fastening, n. & adj. 1925–
18. zip gun, n. 1914–
19. Ziph, n. 1834–
20. ziphian, n. & adj. 1896
21. ziphiiform, adj. 1891

## Meaning & use

U.S.

1. 1964–
   The process of organizing something by, or providing something with, a zip code.
   Stressed as ˈzip-coding.
   1. 1964

      > This [sc. the inclusion of ZIP Code numbers when filling out addresses on income tax returns]..will help the tax collection agencies to complete the ZIP Coding of their files.

      Washington Post 23 March a7/5
   2. 2000

      > Related applications can now be performed on a laptop such as address standardization and zip-coding.

      F. Newell, loyalty.com ix. 81
   U.S. English
   1. zip-coding 1964–
      The process of organizing something by, or providing something with, a zip code.
   2. postcoding 1969–
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Originally published as part of the entry for zip code, n.

zip-coding, n. was first published in 2021.