premail

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ mail.

Verb

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premail (third-person singular simple present premails, present participle premailing, simple past and past participle premailed)

  1. To contact by mail in advance.
    • 1977, The Nielsen Researcher, page 13:
      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.
    • 1984, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Confirmation of accounts receivable, page 29:
      Use Premailing Notification / The use of a brief letter, postcard, or telephone call immediately before mailing the confirmation generally tends to increase responses.

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