postwar adjective & noun. [pǝʊs(t)'wɔ:, 'pǝʊs(t)-] E20.
[from POST- 2 + WAR noun¹.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the period after a war, now esp. that of 1939-45. E20.
postwar credit (a payment or promissory note associated with) a system of additional taxation introduced in Britain in 1941 to supplement wartime expenditure, intended to be repaid after the war.
b. noun. The period following a war. US. M20.

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