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单词 mail-order
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mail-orderv.

Brit. /ˌmeɪl ˈɔːdə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪl ˈˌɔrdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mail order n.
Etymology: < mail order n.
transitive. To order, purchase, or sell (goods) by mail.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > order
to speak for ——a1688
order1746
mail-order1968
1968 ‘N. Blake’ Private Wound iv. 64 A brand-new suite of furniture which looked as if it had been mail-ordered out of a catalogue.
1972 Guardian 23 Feb. 11/3 Allcraft..mail-order a candle-making kit.
1986 T. Barling Smoke vi. 104 Stavros said he'd mail-order the consignment.
a1992 L. Colwin More Home Cooking (1993) xvii. 85 When my daughter became a toddler.., I mail-ordered her juice from Walnut Acres, an organic farm.

Derivatives

mail-ˈordered adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > bought or purchased
keftc1300
purchased1576
boughten1793
bought1796
paid-for1817
mail-ordered1982
1982 N.Y. Times xxi. 6/6 Prepaid mail-ordered shipments are sent daily by United Parcel Service.
1997 Select June 44/2 Marilyn Manson have discovered a new drug high caused by snorting the mail-ordered oceanic organism called Sea Monkeys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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