Mail order is a system of buying and selling goods. You choose the goods you want from a company by looking at their catalogue, and the company sends them to you by post.
The toys are available by mail order.
2. countable noun [usually plural]
Mail orders are goods that have been ordered by mail order.
[mainly US]
I supervise the packing of all mail orders.
mail order in British English
noun
1.
an order for merchandise sent by post
2.
a.
a system of buying and selling merchandise through the post
b.
(as modifier)
a mail-order firm
mail-order in British English
(ˌmeɪlˈɔːdə)
modifier
of or relating to a system of buying and selling merchandise through the post
a mail-order business
Many of them also offer a mail-order service.
mail order in American English
US
an order for goods to be sent by mail
Derived forms
mail-order (ˈmail-ˌorder)
adjective
mail order in Retail
(meɪl ɔrdər)
noun
(Retail: Distribution)
Mail order is a system of buying and selling merchandise through the mail.
Another way to increase your sales volume is to use mail order and online shopping.
An emerging consumer trend shows that consumers are choosing to shop either onlineor by mail order.
Mail order is a system of buying and selling merchandise through the mail.
Examples of 'mail order' in a sentence
mail order
Before they settled in Norfolk, he was running a small mail order firm on an industrial estate on the edge of Basildon New Town.
Hilton, John Buxton THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL) (2002)
Hogarth's `business trip' had been a visit to one of the more far-flung regions to purchase a mail order bride.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
Pick up some Szechuan peppercorns when you are next in a Chinese grocery or else send for them by mail order.
LeCompte, Jane MOON PASSAGE (2002)
I've done a few catalogues, mail-order, that kind of thing, but there's no future in that.
Adam, Paul A NASTY DOSE OF DEATH (2002)
Cowboy smiled again, lips curled, teeth set hard together and so white they had to be mail-order.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
She turned left at a junction and passed a chiropractor, a fertilizer distributor and a mail-order Tarot card company.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
In other languages
mail order
British English: mail order NOUN
Mail order is a system of buying and selling goods. You choose the goods you want from a company by looking at their catalogue, and the company sends them to you by post.