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  • 1mail order — noun a purchase negotiated by mail (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑order, ↑purchase order * * * ˌmail ˈorder [mail order mail orders] noun …

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  • 2Mail-order bride — is a label applied to a woman who publishes her intent to marry someone from another, usually more financially developed, country.[1] This term is considered offensive by some definitions.[2] The mail order bride industry is the economic trade of …

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  • 3mail order — ˌmail ˈorder noun [uncountable] COMMERCE a method of buying and selling in which the buyer chooses goods at home, either from a catalogue (= a book containing pictures and descriptions of goods for sale) or from the Internet, and has them sent to …

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  • 4mail-order — ˌmail ˈorder noun [uncountable] COMMERCE a method of buying and selling in which the buyer chooses goods at home, either from a catalogue (= a book containing pictures and descriptions of goods for sale) or from the Internet, and has them sent to …

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  • 5mail order — mail orders 1) N UNCOUNT: oft by N, N n 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… …

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  • 6Mail Order Ninja — Cover of Mail Order Ninja vol. 1 (2006). Art by Erich Owen. Genre Humor/comedy Author …

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  • 7Mail Order Bride (2008 film) — Mail Order Bride Distributed by Hallmark Channel Directed by …

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  • 8mail order — n [U] a method of buying and selling in which the buyer chooses goods at home and orders them from a company which sends them by post by mail order ▪ It is available by mail order from Green Life Products. ▪ a mail order catalogue …

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  • 9mail-order bride — UK US noun [countable] [singular mail order bride plural mail order brides] informal, showing disapproval a woman brought from another country to be married, usually in return for a payment to a company that makes such arrangements Thesaurus:… …

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  • 10Mail order — Cover of a mail order catalogue for scientific equipment. Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such… …

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