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mail order

[meyl-awr-der] / ˈmeɪlˌɔr dər /
NOUN
shopping by mail
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Californians could get the CalRx generic insulin at a local pharmacy or through mail order pharmacies without a new prescription, state officials said, and it would be available to everyone regardless of their insurance plan.

From Los Angeles Times

His symptoms haven’t been too serious so he has kept working alone in his closed shop doing jobs for delivery and mail order customers.

From BBC

Either way, Spin Time remains a mail order business for now, with Lottman doing occasional hand-deliveries in the neighborhood and nearby.

From Washington Post

This is a novel obsessed with the operations of running an independent bookstore: dealing with publishers, playing the Tetris game that is shelf space, packaging mail orders.

From New York Times

Verdi said it wants Amazon to recognise the collective agreements in the retail and mail order industry, and to reach an agreement over fair working conditions with Amazon.

From Reuters