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mail-ordering

mail-ordering is the present participle and gerund of mail-order.

Meaning of mail-order

Verb

mail-order (third-person singular simple present mail-orders, present participle mail-ordering, simple past and past participle mail-ordered)

  1. To buy or sell goods to be delivered by mail.
    • If you want to buy one of the albums reviewed in my article, or any women's music recording, it's not necessary to mail order them unless you can't get to a store. Thanks to Merle and other local distributors around the country, many stores carry women's music.1984 December 29, Maida Tilchen, “Paise For Local Distributors”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 4

Questions about mail-ordering

What is mail-ordering the present participle and gerund of?
Mail-ordering is the present participle and gerund of mail-order.

Words near mail-ordering in the dictionary

  1. mail-order bride
  2. mail-order brides
  3. mail-order cowboy
  4. mail-order cowboys
  5. mail-ordered
  6. mail-ordering
  7. mail-orders
  8. mail-out
  9. mail-outs
  10. mail-pod
  11. mailability

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