mailing

/ˈmeɪlɪŋ/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: mailings

Meaning · English

An act of sending mail.

Noun

Examples

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 o

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “mailing” mean?

An act of sending mail.

Is “mailing” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.