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mail order
mail order ˌmail ˈorder noun [uncountable] COMMERCE
a method of buying and selling in which the buyer chooses goods at home, either from a catalogue (= a book containing pictures and descriptions of goods for sale) or from the Internet, and has them sent to their home:

• I buy most of my software by mail order.

• a mail-order catalogue

• a mail-order house (= a company that sends goods direct from a warehouse to customers )

— mail-order verb [intransitive, transitive] :

• CD ROMs can be mail-ordered too.

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mail order UK US (also mail-order) noun [U] COMMERCE
a way of buying goods in which you choose what you want, usually from a catalogue or from a website, and it is sent to you by mail: »

There are three methods of buying meat: supermarkets, butchers, and mail order.

through/by mail order »

She started a business selling clothes by mail order.

mail order business/company/supplier »

Our mail order business is slowly taking over our in-store sales.

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mail-order clothes/cosmetics/plants

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For mail order sales call this number.

mail-order verb [T]
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Mail-ordered goods accounted for much of the increase in sales.


Financial and business terms. 2012.