mail-oder house

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A business that sells goods by mail order: A "mail-order house" is a company or retail business that accepts orders for products through the postal system or other remote means (e.g., catalogs, phone, or online) and ships the items directly to customers, often without a physical storefront.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • She ordered clothing from a mail-order house in the Midwest. (A company that sells clothes through mail orders.)
    • The mail-order house sent a catalog with all its products. (The business distributed a printed list of items for remote ordering.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to operate a mail-order house": to run a business based on remote sales and shipping.
    • He started a mail-order house for specialty kitchen tools. (He founded a company that sells kitchen items via mail.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Mail-order (adj): relating to or involving the purchase of goods by mail.
    • She runs a mail-order business from her home. (Her business uses postal ordering.)
  • Mail-order catalog (n): a printed or digital list of products offered by a mail-order house.
    • The mail-order catalog featured hundreds of gardening supplies. (The catalog listed items for order by mail.)
  • Mail-order bride (n): a woman who advertises to marry a foreign man via mail-order services (a separate and specific social phenomenon, not directly related to the general business sense).
Synonyms
  • Catalog company: a business that sells products through a catalog.
  • Direct-mail retailer: a retailer that markets and sells goods directly to consumers via mail.
  • Remote retailer: a seller that does not require a physical store for transactions.
Related Idioms
  • Out of the mail-order house: a rare, non-standard phrase meaning something sent directly from a remote seller.
    • The gift arrived fresh out of the mail-order house, still in its packaging. (The item was shipped directly from the remote business.)
Phrasal Verbs
  • (None directly associated with "mail-order house" as a noun phrase; the verb phrase "to order by mail" is related.)
    • I will order the book by mail from that house. (I will request the book through postal service.)