mailing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪlɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

Etymology 1

Noun

mailing (plural mailings)

1. An act of sending mail.
   • 1987 February 22, Terry Helbing, “Petty Sniping At Gay Authors”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 4:

     He has taken to flooding the mailboxes of gay organizations in recent months, urging us to do this or buy that; two recent examples of such mailings are especially telling. In one, he suggests that we join a national writers union […] The other mailing offers us the chance to pay for the privilege of sending flyers for the gay books Witomski thinks are so terrible.

Derived terms

• mailing shot

Verb

mailing

1. present participle and gerund of mail

Etymology 2

See mail (“rent”).

Noun

mailing (plural mailings)

1. (obsolete) A farm.

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from mailing list.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.liŋ/ ~ /me.liŋ/

Noun

mailing m (plural mailings)

1. mailing list

Spanish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from mailing list.

Noun

mailing m (plural mailings)

1. mailing list