mail order

noun, verb — 2 senses

nounalso spelled mail-order

A system of commerce in which one orders goods from a remote store which are then shipped by mail.

mail-order

verb

To buy or sell goods to be delivered by mail.

If you want to buy one of the albums reviewed in my article, or any women's music recording, it's not necessary to mail order them unless you can't get to a store. Thanks to Merle and other local distributors around the country, many stores carry women's music.1984 December 29, Maida Tilchen, “Paise For Local Distributors”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 4:

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