door-to-door

Meanings

adjectivedoor-to-door (not comparable)

alternative door to door · alternative abbreviation D2D

not comparableGoing from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something.
not comparableSent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.
They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door.
1959 November, “The British Association looks at British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 545

adjective(of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination

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adjectiveomitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Czech podomní prodej

Finnish ovelta ovelle, kotiinkuljetettu

German Tür-zu-Tür

Greek πόρτα-πόρτα, από πόρτα σε πόρτα

Italian pòrta a pòrta

Portuguese porta a porta

Russian покварти́рный, подомово́й

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