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C.O.D. orig. U.S.|ˌsiːəʊˈdiː|
The initials of ‘cash (costs, or collect) on delivery’. Also attrib.
1859N.Y. Tribune 22 Jan. 2/4 C.O.D. and P.O.D. The principle on which we do business is P.O.D. and C.O.D. Which literally means Pay on Delivery and Collect on Delivery. 1871‘Mark Twain’ Screamers 143 The..‘agent’..promised to divorce everybody who wished his services, and to send them new wives—C.O.D. 1892Congress Rec. 25 July 6722/2 It was a transaction payable on sight,—a C.O.D. transaction, so to speak—payable on the very day. 1904Daily Chron. 8 Jan. 6/5 The great objection, I suppose, to the recipients of C.O.D. parcels opening them before paying would be the waste of the postman's time? 1908World's Work Sept. 430/1 By Post C.O.D. 1913M. Roberts Salt of Sea 42, I shot him last night and cut him up and pickled him in a cask... And I've shipped him to the British Ambassador at Washington, C.O.D. 1944Auden For Time Being (1945) 88 Last night it was Tit-for-Tat, tonight it is C.O.D. 1969Listener 31 July 162/3 Some of the more spectacular improvements will be strictly COD. |