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mail order

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌmail ˈorder noun [uncountable]  BBTa method of buying and selling in which the buyer chooses goods at home and orders them from a company which sends them by post 邮购by mail order It is available by mail order from Green Life Products. 可以从绿色生命产品公司邮购。 a mail order catalogue 邮购商品目录
Examples from the Corpus
mail orderThe above are available, mail order from: The Traveller's Bookshop, , .Available mail order from London Selfridges Food Hall by calling 071-629 1234.They discovered that the pair were also trading at a stall in Abingdon and by mail order.Available by mail order from Adrian Arbib, London.Selling direct, by mail order and on the telephone, is cost effective, which means low prices for recession-strapped customers.Both products are available from Sebastian appointed salons or by mail order.Direct mail order sale of food products by food manufacturers and specialty shops has become big business.There is no mail order facility.by mail orderOur software is available by mail order.
From Longman Business Dictionarymail orderˌmail 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 their homeI buy most of my software by mail order.a mail-order cataloguea mail-order house (=a company that sends goods direct from a warehouse to customers)mail-order verb [intransitive, transitive]CD ROMs can be mail-ordered too.
ˌmail ˈorder nounChineseSyllable
a Business the of selling buying and Corpus chooses buyer method in which


mail order
ˌmail ˈorder noun [uncountable]
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


mail orderBrE /ˈmeɪl ɔːdə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmeɪl ɔːrdər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a system of buying and selling goods through the mail 邮购(制度)All our products are available by mail order. 我们的商品都可以邮购。🔊🔊a mail-order company邮购公司a mail-order catalogue邮购商品目录