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7 dictionary results for: mailing
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mail·ing1       [mey-ling] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a batch of mail, as of form letters, catalogs, or monthly statements, sent by a mailer at one time: an enthusiastic response to our latest mailing.

[Origin: 1945–50; mail1 + -ing1]
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mail·ing2       [mey-ling] Pronunciation Key
–noun Scot.
1.a rented farm.
2.the rent paid by a tenant farmer.

[Origin: 1425–75]
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mail 1       (māl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system.
    2. Postal material for a specific person or organization.
    3. Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time: the morning mail.
  1. A system by which letters, packages, and other postal materials are transported. Used in the plural with the.
  2. A vehicle by which mail is transported.
  3. Mail or messages sent electronically; e-mail.

v.   mailed, mail·ing, mails

v.   tr.
To send by mail.

v.   intr.
To send letters and other postal material by mail.


[Middle English male, bag, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

mail'a·ble adj., mail'a·bil'i·ty n.
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mail 2       (māl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales.
  2. The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.

tr.v.   mailed, mail·ing, mails
To cover or armor with mail.


[Middle English, from Old French maile, from Latin macula, blemish, mesh.]

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mail·ing       (mā'lĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Something sent by mail.
  2. A batch of mail dispatched at one time by a sender.

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mailing

noun
1. mail sent by a sender at one time; "the candidate sent out three large mailings" 
2. the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the time of mailing" 

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Mailing

Mail"ing\, n. [Scot., fr. mail tribute, rent. See 2d Mail.] A farm. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

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