mail merge

noun

A software product that uses a file (or database) of names and addresses, together with a template document, to produce multiple copies of a letter, each personally addressed to a different recipient.

Meanings

nounmail merge (plural mail merges)

plural mail merges · alternative mailmerge · alternative mail-merge

  1. computingA software product that uses a file (or database) of names and addresses, together with a template document, to produce multiple copies of a letter, each personally addressed to a different recipient.
verbmail merge (third-person singular simple present mail merges, present participle mail merging, simple past and past participle mail merged)

present singular third person mail merges · participle present mail merging · participle past mail merged · past mail merged · alternative mailmerge · alternative mail-merge

  1. transitiveTo carry out such a process.
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