MAIL ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mail order mean? 

• MAIL ORDER (noun)
  The noun MAIL ORDER has 1 sense:

1. a purchase negotiated by mail

  Familiarity information: MAIL ORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAIL ORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A purchase negotiated by mail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mail order" is a kind of...):

order; purchase order (a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities)