Global Terms

There are some differences between U.S. terms and global terms for common address elements. The list below contains Global terms and their respective analog in U.S. terms.

Global Term	U.S. Term & Meaning
Organization	Business/Company
Premises	Street Number
Sub Premises	Suite. Alphanumeric code identifying an individual location.
Double Dependent Locality	Smallest population center data element.
Dependent Locality	Urbanization. Smaller population center data element. Dependent on Locality.
Locality	City. Most common population center data element.
Sub Administrative Area	County. Smallest geographic data element.
Administrative Area	State. Most common geographic data element.
Postal Code	Zip (Plus 4). Complete postal code for a particular delivery point. In U.S. plus 4 is not required but will be appended if address is verified.
Address Type	One-character code for the type of address coded.
Address Key	Unique key generated for the address. Can be used by other Melissa Data products.
Sub National Area	Arbitrary administrative region below that of the sovereign state.
Country Name	Official country name.
Country ISO	03166_1_Alpha2. ISO 3166 2-character country code. 03166_1_Alpha3. ISO 3166 3-character country code. 03166_1_Numeric. ISO 3166 3-digit numeric country code.
Thoroughfare	Street. Most common street or block data element.
Thoroughfare Pre Direction	Street PreDirection. Prefix directional contained within the Thoroughfare field.
Thoroughfare Leading Type	Leading thoroughfare type indicator within the Thoroughfare field.
Thoroughfare Name	Street Name. Name indicator within the Thoroughfare field.
Thoroughfare Trailing Type	Street Suffix. Trailing thoroughfare type indicator within the Thoroughfare field.
Thoroughfare Post Direction	Street Post Direction. Postfix directional contained within the Thoroughfare field.
Dependent Thoroughfare	Dependent street or block data element.
Dependent Thoroughfare Pre Direction	Prefix directional contained within the Dependent Thoroughfare field.
Dependent Thoroughfare Leading Type	Leading thoroughfare type indicator within the Dependent Thoroughfare field.
Dependent Thoroughfare Name	Name indicator within the Dependent Thoroughfare field.
Dependent Thoroughfare Trailing Type	Trailing thoroughfare type indicator within the Dependent Thoroughfare field.
Dependent Thoroughfare Post Direction	Postfix directional contained within the Dependent Thoroughfare field.
Building	Descriptive name identifying an individual location.
Premises Type	Leading premise type indicator within premises field.
Premises Number	Alphanumeric indicator within premises field.
Sub Premises Type	Suite Name. Sub premises type indicator within premises field.
Sub Premises Number	Suite Number. Sub premises number indicator within premises field.
Post Box	Post box information for a particular delivery point.
Latitude	Geographic coordinate for a particular delivery point.
Longitude	Geographic coordinate for a particular delivery point.