premail en · VERB
Etymology
From pre- + mail.
Meanings
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To contact by mail in advance.
Use Premailing Notification / The use of a brief letter, postcard, or telephone call immediately before mailing the confirmation generally tends to increase responses.
1984, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Confirmation of accounts receivable, page 29:So our first step in the study of consumer attitudes toward product quality was to premail questionnaires to the principal shopper in a carefully selected, nationally distributed sample of homes.
1977, The Nielsen Researcher, page 13:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| premailed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| premailed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| premails | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| premailing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |