Definitions for mailing

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mailing mail·ing

Spelling: [mey-ling]

IPA: /ˈmeɪ lɪŋ/

Mailing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in mailing (agiilmn).

Definitions for mailing

noun

1. a batch of mail, as of form letters, catalogs, or monthly statements, sent by a mailer at one time:
2. a rented farm.
3. the rent paid by a tenant farmer.
4. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
5. a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered:
6. Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system:
7. a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.
8. electronic mail; email.
9. flexible armor of interlinked rings.
10. any flexible armor or covering, as one having a protective exterior of scales or small plates.
11. Textiles. an oval piece of metal pierced with a hole through which the warp ends are threaded, serving as an eyelet on a heddle or especially on the harness cords of a Jacquard loom.

Idioms

1. copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.

adjective

1. of or relating to mail.

verb (used with object)

1. to send by mail; place in a post office or mailbox for transmission.
2. to transmit by email.
3. to clothe or arm with mail.

Origin of mailing

First recorded in 1945-50; mail¹ + -ing¹

Examples for mailing

He had his doubts, as well he might, about the propriety of mailing the letter.

At a certain date each month your periodical must be ready for mailing.

Sign up to join the Kensington Presents mailing list for an invite to the next event.

The target of the mailing was the then-majority leader of the state General Assembly, Democrat Hugh Holliman.

All income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of publication and mailing.

Now, if you'll sign this contract, we'll put you on our mailing list.

I'm mailing this early, so it should reach you in the late afternoon mail.

Paul began his campaign, as Slate's Dave Weigel put it, “as a fringe candidate with a mailing list.”

“Boarding is basically a way of, for lack of a better word, mailing it in,” an agent told The Hollywood Reporter.

This led to a mailing list that grew from the initial 350 to hundreds of thousands by 1995.