mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ 

: mail sent at one time to multiple addressees by a sender (as for promotional purposes)

Examples of mailing in a Sentence

Get the check ready for mailing and take it to the post office.

The charity sent out several mailings to everyone on its mailing list.

Recent Examples on the Web

Digitization: Going paperless can reduce printing and mailing costs. —Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Political campaign mailings, letter-writing campaigns to representatives, distributing newsletters, and other methods of using the mail for advocacy have been a part of the postal service before, during, and after the height of the Comstock Act. —Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025

Texas officials are warning residents about unsolicited mailings of seeds that might be from China — similar to incidents reported in 2020. —Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 19 Feb. 2025

To get more businesses participating in the grant program, the village is sending targeted mailings to the property owners in Gurnee’s East Grand Corridor, according to Trujillo. —Erin Yarnall, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing mailing

• mailing address
• mailing label
• mailing list
• self-mailing

Rhymes for mailing

• ailing
• bailing
• baling
• failing
• flailing
• grayling
• hailing
• jailing
• nailing
• paling
• railing
• sailing