# addresses

↔ Request/Response parameter

## `<addresses>`

The `addresses` element contains **one or two** `address` elements.

### Request

Container for addresses

| Type | Condition |
|  --- | --- |
| addressesType | Mandatory |


### Response

Contains customer's normalized billing address

| Type | Condition |
|  --- | --- |
| addressesType | Optional |


The `addresses` element of the Gateway response contains the **customer's billing address** which has been transmitted with the Gateway request and then **normalized** by the Ratepay backend system.