Definition: mailing

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

mailing
     n 1: mail sent by a sender at one time; "the candidate sent out
          three large mailings"
     2: the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the
        time of mailing" [syn: posting]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Mail \Mail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mailed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Mailing.]
   To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or
   place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail;
   to post; as, to mail a letter. [U. S.]

   Note: In the United States to mail and to post are both in
         common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England
         post is the commoner usage.
Mailing \Mail"ing\, n. [Scot., fr. mail tribute, rent. See 2d
   Mail.]
   A farm. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.