Synonyms for mailing


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mey-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪ lɪŋ


Définition of mailing

Origin :
  • "post, letters," c.1200, "a traveling bag," from Old French male "wallet, bag, bundle," from Frankish *malha or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *malho- (cf. Old High German malaha "wallet, bag," Middle Dutch male "bag"), from PIE *molko- "skin, bag." Sense extension to "letters and parcels" (18c.) is via "bag full of letter" (1650s) or "person or vehicle who carries postal matter" (1650s). In 19c. England, mail was letters going abroad, while home dispatches were post. Sense of "personal batch of letters" is from 1844, originally American English.
  • noun posting
Example sentences :
  • All income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of publication and mailing.
  • Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville
  • I'm mailing this early, so it should reach you in the late afternoon mail.
  • Extract from : « Dead Giveaway » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • He had his doubts, as well he might, about the propriety of mailing the letter.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic
  • At a certain date each month your periodical must be ready for mailing.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Birds' Winter Nest » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • Now, if you'll sign this contract, we'll put you on our mailing list.
  • Extract from : « Subversive » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Among other things, it's given us a mailing list of satisfied customers.
  • Extract from : « Subversive » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Should she hand the secretary her resignation instead of mailing it?
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean High School Freshman » by Pauline Lester
  • Harris was for contributing him to the British Museum; but I was for mailing him to his widow.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Mailing; sometimes written "mealing;" a farm, for which rent is paid.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
  • She took up her pen, and added a postscript to the letter she was just mailing.
  • Extract from : « The Following of the Star » by Florence L. Barclay

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