premail

Verb

premail (third-person singular simple present premails, present participle premailing, simple past and past participle premailed)

1. To contact by mail in advance.
   • So our first step in the study of consumer attitudes toward product quality was to premail questionnaires to the principal shopper in a carefully selected, nationally distributed sample of homes.1977, The Nielsen Researcher, page 13
   • Use Premailing Notification / The use of a brief letter, postcard, or telephone call immediately before mailing the confirmation generally tends to increase responses.1984, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Confirmation of accounts receivable, page 29