mail-inn.
/ˈmeɪlɪn/, U.S. /ˈmeɪlˌɪn/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
The act of sending something in by post. Frequently attributive, esp. designating ballots, surveys, etc., in which results are collected by post. Also concrete: an item intended to be sent in by post.
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society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > act of
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society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [adjective] > relating to act of sending by post
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society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [adjective] > relating to act of sending by post > results of ballots or surveys
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1959 Amer. Speech 34 151 Mail in, a promise to mail in cash for tickets.]
1963 Sunday Times 17 Nov. 11/1 A premium..can be anything given away or sold cheap to persuade people..to buy..a product... The self-liquidator, the on-pack offer, the dealer-loader, the free mail-in, and the personality promotion.
1975 Business Week 3 Feb. 21/2 The manufacturers are..worked up over another..proposal: a ban on matchbook mail-in coupons for home-study courses.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 9 a/1 Mail-in ballots from traditionally conservative voters reversed the standings in Sweden's general election.
1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 28 Mar. 7 a/2 (advt.) 7.49 sale price −1.00 mail-in rebate.
1988 Grocer 22 Oct. 127/1 All three styles..will carry a collarette offering a free mail-in. The offer is a rose bush, available in red or white.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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