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A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
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(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
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mail directly sent to an individual for advertising
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The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, in which letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to news media offices and politicians.
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To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
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A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons.
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(obsolete, rare) Alternative spelling of email (“enamel (an opaque, glossy coating)”) [(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.]
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Mail sent to a public figure by their fans.
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Alternative form of fork bomb [(computing) A program that creates a large number of self-replicating tasks or processes in a computer system in order to produce a denial of service.]
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Hostile correspondence sent to an individual or group.
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Alternative form of hate mail [Hostile correspondence sent to an individual or group.]
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Alternative form of home phone [landline (telephone in one's house)]
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(figuratively) The aggregate of items that demand one's attention or effort.
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Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.
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A form of postal stationery consisting of a folded card with a prepaid imprinted stamp, giving the writer more space than a postcard.
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(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
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(computing) A large number of e-mails sent to one destination, or an e-mail with a very large attachment, as a denial-of-service attack.
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(Internet) A device or program that routes an e-mail to the correct destination.
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Alternative form of mail merge [To carry out such a process.]
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To buy or sell goods to be delivered by mail
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Alternative form of mail bomb [To send a mail bomb (of either sense).]
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(transitive, rare) To send a mailgram to.
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A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients.
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Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
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(UK, Ireland, chiefly in the plural) An errand.
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(figuratively) An analogous message sent off into the world or universe without knowledge of who the recipient will be (although not necessarily without a particular intended recipient); thus, plaques on craft launched into outer space, interstellar radio messages, stationary time capsules, balloon mail, and so on.
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The address (of a person or business) to which mail is delivered, as distinct from the actual street address.
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(by extension) The region denoted by a postcode.
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(postage) already paid or included in price
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A person who operates a radio transceiver, especially when a title or position in a crew.
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to cause (something) to be delivered, especially by post/mail
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(Internet, dated) Conventional postal mail; snail mail.
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(computing) To measure the route taken by packets over an IP network and any delays in transit.
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