MAIL ORDER Definition & Meaning

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mail order

noun

an order for goods received or shipped through the mail.
the business of selling merchandise through the mail.

mail-order

[ meyl-awr-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to or obtained by mail order:
a dozen mail-order rosebushes.

verb (used with object)

to order (merchandise) by mail:
to mail-order fruitcakes for Christmas.

mail order

noun

an order for merchandise sent by post
1. a system of buying and selling merchandise through the post
2. ( as modifier )
  a mail-order firm

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of mail order¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Origin of mail order²

First recorded in 1865–70

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The show follows Susan and Jenny who reminisce over clothes, boys and music - in a time where the height of technology and fashion were phone boxes, mail order catalogues and crispy pancakes.

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These tops were sold strictly by mail order within punk magazines.

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The firm said there had been a regular mail order.

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The Food and Drug Administration’s original 2000 approval of mifepristone is not in question, but the Supreme Court could roll back recent changes that made the drug easier to obtain, including via mail order.

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The monthly fall was caused mainly by a sharp drop in mail orders and shopping on the internet which fell 4.5% and a drop in the sale of petrol, down 3.0%.

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