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mail order
noun
1.
an order for goods received or shipped through the mail.
2.
the business of selling merchandise through the mail.
Origin:
1865–70,
Americanism
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mail-or·der
/
ˈmeɪlˌɔr
dər
/
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[
meyl
-awr-der
]
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adjective
1.
pertaining to or obtained by mail order:
a dozen mail-order rosebushes.
verb (used with object)
2.
to order (merchandise) by mail:
to mail-order fruitcakes for Christmas.
Origin:
1865–70
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mail order
—
n
1.
an order for merchandise sent by post
2.
a. a system of buying and selling merchandise through the post
b. (
as modifier
):
a mail-order firm
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
mail-order
1875, from
mail
(1) +
order
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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.
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