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Following day delivery charges (7)

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I believe the answer is:

postage

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'following day' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'delivery charges' is the wordplay.
'delivery' becomes 'post' (I've seen this before).
'charges' becomes 'age' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'post'+'age'='POSTAGE'

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(Other definitions for postage that I've seen before include "It could be first-class" , "Delivery cost" , "Cost to send a mail item" , "Mailing cost" , "Charge for 23 Acrosses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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