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mail-orders

mail-orders is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-orders

What is mail-orders the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mail-orders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mail-order.

Words near mail-orders in the dictionary

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

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