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C.O.D

Origin

C.O.D.

Commerce.
cash, or collect, on delivery (payment to be made when delivered to the purchaser).
Also, c.o.d.


Origin:
1855–60, Americanism
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Word Origin & History

C.O.D.
abbreviation of cash on delivery, 1859, originally Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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