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mail

1[meyl]
–noun
1. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
2. a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered: to open one's mail; to find a bill in the mail; The mail for England was put on the noon plane.
3. Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system: to buy clothes by mail.
4. a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.
5. electronic mail; e-mail.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to mail.
–verb (used with object)
7. to send by mail; place in a post office or mailbox for transmission.
8. to transmit by electronic mail.
9. copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME male (n.) < OF malle < Gmc; cf. OHG mal(a)ha satchel, bag
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mail

  1. n.
    money. : The bills are due. I need some mail.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mail  (2)
"metal ring armor," c.1320, from O.Fr. maille "link of mail, mesh of net," from L. macula "mesh in a net," originally "spot, blemish," on notion that the gaps in a net or mesh looked like spots.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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