Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In commerce and manufacturing, an order for goods, received by mail.

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  • verb To buy or sell goods to be delivered by mail

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Examples

  • Female mail-order clerks at Siegel-Cooper Dry Goods Store formed the Bachelor Girls Social Club as a place where “we enjoy our independence and freedom.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • In May, he made at least $1,001 when he sold his stock in Hewlett-Packard Co. He made at least another $2,000 in January when he sold shares in Sun Microsystems Inc. and Netflix Inc., the mail-order movie rental company.

    Rangel Sold Condo, Report Shows Patrick O'Connor 2011

  • Ensuring that fragile and sometime perishable goods arrive unsullied is a challenge, especially over the holidays, when specialty food companies do a large percentage of their mail-order business.

    How Would Santa Ship Chocolate Pears and Live Lobsters? Sarah Nassauer 2011

  • At White Flower Farm, a mail-order nursery in Litchfield, Conn., President Lorraine Calder says a lavender holiday wreath has been one of her top-selling new wreaths this year.

    Greenery, With Hints of the Forest and Desert Anne Marie Chaker 2011

  • True story: I once asked the mail-order phone operator if they sold those (I was looking for wings for an angel Halloween costume way back when) and she laughed hysterically for five straight minutes.

    Contest Coming Soon... Nalini Singh 2009

  • If successful, Dish's bid would add to other recent acquisitions by Mr. Ergen as he tries to compete with cable-television companies and DVD mail-order and online streaming giant Netflix Inc. Dish has agreed to purchase DBSD North America Inc. out of bankruptcy for $1.4 billion, which would give Mr. Ergen control of that company's wireless spectrum.

    TerreStar Picks Dish to Open Bidding Mike Spector 2011

  • Brownells, the gunsmith supply mail-order firm from Montezuma, Iowa, are among the good guys in our industry, and they do more than just talk about the need to nurture the next generation of shooters.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • It established a telephone hotline to alert them to its touring schedule ahead of any public announcement, reserved for them some of the best seats in the house, and capped the price of tickets, which the band distributed through its own mail-order house.

    Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead 2010

  • I only went to school through 10th grade, then finished up my diploma through a mail-order course.

    Taxes and Market Time, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • They have a financial interest in doing so, both because it increases their own profit, and because community pharmacies compete with the mail-order pharmacies run by the PBMs themselves.

    Eva M. Clayton: PBM Merger Means More Bad News For Consumers Eva M. Clayton 2012

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