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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.
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Origin:
1865–70, Americanism

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mail-or·der

   [meyl-awr-der]
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
1875, from mail (1) + order.
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