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mail-order house — noun : a retail establishment whose business is conducted by mail * * * a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.… … Useful english dictionary
mail-order house — A firm that specializes in selling goods direct to customers by post. Orders are obtained from an illustrated catalogue supplied by the firm or by agents, who introduce the catalogue. The low costs of selling, especially the absence of retail… … Big dictionary of business and management
mail-order — adj. Mail order is used with these nouns: ↑bride, ↑business, ↑catalogue, ↑firm, ↑pharmacy … Collocations dictionary
mail-order house — mail′ or der house n. a retail firm doing its business by mail • Etymology: 1905–10, amer … From formal English to slang
mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
mail — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a letters and parcels etc. conveyed by post. b the postal system. c one complete delivery or collection of mail. d one delivery of letters to one place, esp. to a business on one occasion. 2 a vehicle carrying mail. 3 hist. a bag… … Useful english dictionary
firm — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major ▪ medium sized ▪ small ▪ well known ▪ … Collocations dictionary
order — 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… … Financial and business terms
Order of the Occult Hand — The Order of the Occult Hand is a whimsical secret society of American journalists who have been able to slip the meaningless and telltale phrase It was as if an occult hand had… in print as a sort of a game and inside joke. Contents 1 History 2… … Wikipedia
order — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 way in which people/things are arranged ADJECTIVE ▪ correct, proper, right ▪ wrong ▪ logical ▪ The paragraphs are not in a logical order … Collocations dictionary
E-mail spam — E mail spam, also known as bulk e mail or junk e mail, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e mail. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e mail (UBE). Definitions of spam usually… … Wikipedia
