to send (out) (the) mail

  • 1send out something — send out (something) to mail something. Frank sends out about 400 Christmas cards every year. I sent the checks out by overnight mail. Usage notes: usually said about sending a lot of things …

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  • 2send out — (something) to mail something. Frank sends out about 400 Christmas cards every year. I sent the checks out by overnight mail. Usage notes: usually said about sending a lot of things …

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  • 3send out — verb to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place (Freq. 10) He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept • Syn: ↑send • See Also: ↑send back (for: ↑send) …

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  • 4mail — I n. (esp. AE; BE usu. has post for 1 5, 8) letters postal system 1) to address; send out (the) mail 2) to deliver the mail 3) to forward; sort (the) mail 4) incoming; outgoing; return mail 5) airmail; certified; domestic; electronic; express;… …

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  • 5mail — mail1 W3S3 [meıl] n [U] [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: male bag ] [Sense: 4; Date: 1200 1300; : French; Origin: maille, from Latin macula spot, woven threads ] 1.) the letters and packages that are delivered to you …

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  • 6send — [ send ] (past tense and past participle sent [ sent ] ) verb transitive *** 1. ) to mail a letter or package to someone: I sent the letters yesterday, so they should arrive today. send someone something: I ll send you a copy of the report. send… …

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  • 7Mail 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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  • 8Mail-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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  • 9send — send1 [send] vt. sent, sending [ME senden < OE sendan, akin to Ger senden, Goth sandjan, caus. formation, “to cause to go” < IE base * sent , to go, find out, discover > L sentire, to feel, sense, OIr sēt, way] 1. a) to cause to go or be …

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  • 10The Spamhaus Project — is an international organisation (founded by Steve Linford in 1998) to track e mail spammers and spam related activity. It is named for the anti spam jargon term coined by Linford, spamhaus, a pseudo German expression for an ISP or other firm… …

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