mail order

noun

: an order for goods that is received and filled by mail
mail-order adjective

Examples of mail order in a Sentence

You can purchase the books by mail order. The store sent out all its mail orders in time for the holiday.
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Its products are sold in 55 Whole Foods stores in the Northeast, select stores in NYC’s five boroughs, and nationally on Amazon.com and via mail order. Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 About 7 million older adults on Medicare used the drugs and had to pay a portion of the bill at the pharmacy or via mail order. Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 13 May 2025 The sauces were distributed locally in retail stores on the central coast of California and through mail orders on the company's site. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 Some will require that maintenance medications be ordered through a mail order pharmacy instead of at your corner pharmacy. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mail order

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mail order was in 1856

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“Mail order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20order. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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mail order

noun
: an order for goods that is received and filled by mail
mail-order adjective

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