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  • 11mail-order business — ▪ business also called  Direct mail Marketing,         method of merchandising in which the seller s offer is made through mass mailing of a circular or catalog or through an advertisement placed in a newspaper or magazine and in which the buyer… …

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  • 12mail-order bride — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mail order bride : 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… …

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  • 13mail order — noun (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 mail …

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  • 14mail-order business — / meɪl ɔ:də ˌbɪznɪs/ noun a company which sells its products by mail …

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  • 15Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building — Infobox nrhp | name =Sears, Roebuck Company Mail Order Building nrhp type = caption = Sears, Roebuck Company Mail Order Building, May 2008 location= 2650 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, California lat degrees = 34 lat minutes = 1 lat seconds = 24… …

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  • 16Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store — Infobox nrhp | name =Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store nrhp type = caption = location= Boston, Massachusetts lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 20 lat seconds = 41 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 6 long seconds = 12 long… …

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  • 17Mail fraud — refers to any scheme which attempts to unlawfully obtain money or valuables in which the postal system is used at any point in the commission of a criminal offense. Mail fraud is a legal concept in the United States Code which can provide for… …

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  • 18order — 1) In business and trade, making a request to deliver, sell, receive, or purchase goods or services; 2) In the securities and futures trade, instructions to a broker on how to buy or sell. The most common orders in futures markets are market… …

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  • 19order — or|der1 W1S1 [ˈo:də US ˈo:rdər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for a purpose)¦ 2¦(arrangement)¦ 3¦(instruction)¦ 4¦(controlled situation)¦ 5¦(well organized state)¦ 6¦(for food or drink)¦ 7¦(for goods)¦ 8 be out of order 9 be in order …

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  • 20Johnson Smith Company — The Johnson Smith Company is a mail order company officially established in 1914 by Alfred Johnson Smith in Chicago, Illinois, USA (but originally began in 1905 in Australia) that sells novelty and gag gift items such as x ray goggles, whoopee… …

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