mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ 

: mail sent at one time to multiple addressees by a sender (as for promotional purposes)

Examples of mailing in a Sentence

Get the check ready for mailing and take it to the post office.

The charity sent out several mailings to everyone on its mailing list.

Recent Examples on the Web

If the seed packets are open, first place the seeds and their packaging into a zip-lock bag, seal it and then place everything into a mailing envelope, Ricker said. —Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025

But the week of the architect’s funeral, another mailing tube arrived from Taliesin. —Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025

Oscar-qualifying film festivals will now be given access to the Academy’s approved mailing houses in order to share information about festival programming with Academy members. —Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025

Leaders of those county offices have raised concerns about further problems threatening to delay the mailing of second-installment property tax bills set to go out this summer. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing mailing

• mailing address
• mailing label
• mailing list
• self-mailing

Rhymes for mailing

• ailing
• bailing
• baling
• failing
• flailing
• grayling
• hailing
• jailing
• nailing
• paling
• railing
• sailing