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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mail-order en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To buy or sell goods to be delivered by mail.
    • If you want to buy one of the albums reviewed in my article, or any women's music recording, it's not necessary to mail order them unless you can't get to a store. Thanks to Merle and other local distributors around the country, many stores carry women's music. 1984 December 29, Maida Tilchen, “Paise For Local Distributors”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mail-orders Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mail-ordered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mail-ordered Tense=Past lexicographic
mail-ordering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

mail order · mailorder