mail order

Speech parts

1. mail order - Noun

2. mail order - Verb

Meaning

a purchase negotiated by mail

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

mail-order

Synonyms

direct marketing by mail catalog buying home shopping teleshopping cybershopping by postal mail mail order business distance selling by post by registered post through the post by courier by letter teleordering

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Antonyms

opposition arguing misalignment electronic communication

Hypernyms

order purchase order

Examples

Back in the '90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle. John Darnielle

Columbia House began distributing NTSC tapes, via mail order in 1997, followed by repackaged collector's editions and three-tape boxed sets in 1999, by which time the original pilot telefilm had been replaced by the re-edited TNT special edition. Source: Internet

Edwin Walker assassination attempt In March 1963, Oswald purchased a 6.5 mm caliber Carcano rifle by mail-order, using the alias "A. Source: Internet

Dutch grocery chain Albert Heijn and mail-order company Neckermann were early adopters and introduced award-winning TeleCD-i applications for their home-shopping and home-delivery services. Source: Internet

Carangi's final photo shoot was for German mail-order clothing company Otto Versand in Tunisia; Fried 1994, pp.275, 284 she was sent home during the shoot for using heroin. Source: Internet

Gravure printing is used for long, high-quality print runs such as magazines, mail-order catalogues, packaging and printing onto fabric and wallpaper. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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