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My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!
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Meaning of "mail order" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAIL ORDER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAIL ORDER

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Mail order is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAIL ORDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Mail order

Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer. The products are typically delivered directly to an address supplied by the customer, such as a home address, but occasionally the orders are delivered to a nearby retail location for the customer to pick up. Some merchants also allow the goods to be shipped directly to a third party consumer, which is an effective way to send a gift to an out-of-town recipient. A mail order catalogue is a publication containing a list of general merchandise from a company. Companies who publish and operate mail order catalogues are referred to as cataloguers within the industry. Cataloguers buy or manufacture goods then market those goods to prospects. Cataloguers may "rent" names from list brokers or cooperative databases. The catalogue itself is published in a similar fashion as any magazine publication and distributed through a variety of means, usually via a postal service and the internet.

Definition of mail order in the English dictionary

The definition of mail order in the dictionary is an order for merchandise sent by post. Other definition of mail order is a system of buying and selling merchandise through the post.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAIL ORDER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MAIL ORDER

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Synonyms and antonyms of mail order in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mail order» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAIL ORDER

Find out the translation of mail order to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mail order from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mail order» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

邮购
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

venta por correo
570 millions of speakers

English

mail order
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेल आदेश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النظام الإلكتروني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почте
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pedido por reembolso postal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডাকযোগে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

correspondance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pesanan mel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Postversand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通信販売
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통신 판매
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mail order
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt hàng qua thư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மின்னஞ்சல் ஆர்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेल ऑर्डर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

posta siparişi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vendita per corrispondenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysyłkowej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пошті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comandă prin poștă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δι ´αλληλογραφίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

e-pos om
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

postorder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postordre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mail order

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIL ORDER»

The term «mail order» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.675 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIL ORDER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mail order

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2 QUOTES WITH «MAIL ORDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mail order.
1
John Darnielle
Back in the '90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.
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Cassandra Wilson
My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAIL ORDER»

Discover the use of mail order in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mail order and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads!
Presents mail-order novelty products that were advertised in comic books during the '60s and '70s, with photographs, original ads, item descriptions, buyer's preconceptions, actual functions, and satisfaction rankings for each item.
Kirk Demarais, 2011
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Building a Mail Order Business: A Complete Manual for Success
I highly recommend this professional book."— Melvin Powers, mail order entrepreneur "...must reading for the entrepreneur whose mind is on mail order."— Paul Muchnick, Chairman, National Mail Order Association "Its good sense and nuts ...
William A. Cohen, PhD, 1996
3
Mail-Order Wings
Everyone will love this delicious story.Jane Langton
Beatrice Gormley, 2000
4
Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband: Russian-American Internet ...
DIVFeatures six Russian women who are either in search of or have already found foreign husbands via listings on the internet, highlighting their understandings of gender roles, the mail-order bride industry, and the experience of entering ...
Ericka Johnson, 2007
5
Mail Order Ninja
Presents two previously published manga volumes in which timid Indiana fifth-grader Timmy McAllister obtains his very own ninja to face the bullies and snobs of L. Frank Baum Elementary School.
Joshua Elder, 2008
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Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, ...
This provocative work opens a window onto the complex motivations and experiences of the people behind the stereotypes and misconceptions that have exploded along with the practice of transnational courtship and marriage.
Nicole Constable, 2003
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101 great mail-order businesses: the very best (and most ...
Ty Hicks explains in clear, easy steps how to start your mail-order business today, including: Getting started quickly and easily Creating an e-commerce Web site to promote and sell your products or services directly Using proven marketing ...
Tyler Gregory Hicks, 2000
8
Mail Order in the Internet Age
Ted Ciuba shows you how, using only your computer with an Internet connection, working part-time from your home, you can quicky, easily, and safely earn well over $100,000 per year in "Mail Order in the Internet Age."
Ted Ciuba, 2004
9
A Bride for All Seasons: The Mail Order Bride Collection
Year in, year out, they’ll learn that love often comes in unexpected packages. “And then Came Spring” by Margaret Brownley Mary-Jo has traveled halfway across the country to meet her match, arriving just in time for his funeral.
Margaret Brownley, Robin Hatcher, Mary Connealy, 2013
10
Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier
Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits.
Chris Enss, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAIL ORDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mail order is used in the context of the following news items.
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#BrandCrush: Who Gives a Crap? This Mail Order Toilet Paper …
This Mail Order Toilet Paper Company. on July 20, 2015 by Benjamin Starr. This week's #BrandCrush is a seriously different kind of company – they sell toilet ... «Visual News, Jul 15»
2
Plymouth man donates £80 tax cut to charity to defeat Government …
Changes outlined by George Osborne earlier this month mean Mr Sullivan, assistant manager of a mail order company, will pay less income ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
3
Factors Behind the Upward Revision of Our Price Estimate For CVS …
This has led us to revisit our forecasts for CVS' revenue per each claim, be it through the mail order channel or via the pharmacy network. «Forbes, Jul 15»
4
The Future of Health Care: Hacking, Hospitals, Technology and More
By mail order. So, certainly, 40 years in the future, things that are now very hard or impossible will be easy. And hackers are going to love DNA. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Tour de France legend Barry Hoban in Birmingham for book signing …
The book is only available normally by mail order from www.thepedalpress.uk for £16.95 plus £2.50 p&p, but any copies bought from the ... «Cycling Weekly, Jul 15»
6
MED Engineering give the inside scoop on the world of racing …
Our mail order department through the internet is big. He also recognises the value of web marketing and social media, like Facebook. «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
7
Gamasutra: Robert Fearon's Blog - The End Of Videogames
We forget that for every person who went on to fame and fortune there's someone else trying and failing to sell their games through mail order, ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
8
Flats plan for former Shrewsbury chapel « Shropshire Star
Since being deconsecrated, the church in Chester Street, Coton Hill, has been used for retail including as a mail order nursery business and a ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
9
News about brews at the shore - Press of Atlantic City: The Beer Guy …
Good news for local homebrewers. No longer will you have to travel or mail order your supplies and wait for them to arrive. After 30 years of ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
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July 21, Classified Ads - Weekly Mailer: Business
... readers with manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients establish mail order selling and other businesses at home ... «Weekly News Journal, Jul 15»

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