mail-in

adjective

Sent via mail.

“mail-in ballots”

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivemail-in (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSent via mail.

    mail-in ballots

    1 more example

    In the critical swing states of Ohio and Florida, more than a fifth of voters chose the mail-in option 2010.

    2012 November 4, “Mail-in ballots: the hanging chads of 2012?”, in Reuters
nounmail-in (plural mail-ins)

plural mail-ins

  1. Something sent via mail.

    I chose to do a mail-in instead of going to vote in person.

Origin

Deverbal from mail in.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Spanish cosa enviada por correo
  • cosa enviada por correoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

mail-in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail-in

MLA

“mail-in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail-in. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mail-in,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail-in.

Source: mail-in on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.