mail order

mail order

n.

An order for goods to be shipped through the mail.

---

mail′-or′der adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

mail order

n

1. (Commerce) an order for merchandise sent by post

2. (Commerce)

a. a system of buying and selling merchandise through the post

b. (as modifier): a mail-order firm.

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mail′ or`der

n.

an order for goods received or shipped through the mail.

[1865–70, Amer.]

mail′-or`der, adj., v.t.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mail order - a purchase negotiated by mail   purchase order, order - a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Translations

acquisto per corrispondenzaordinazione per posta

mail order

[ˈmeɪlˌɔːdəʳ] n (selling) → vendita per corrispondenza; (buying) → acquisto per corrispondenza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995