mailing list

Canada, US/ˈmeɪlɪŋ lɪst/

noun

A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients.

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Meanings

nounmailing list (plural mailing lists)

plural mailing lists

  1. A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients.

    New York, I love you but you're bringing me down / […] / And oh! Take me off your mailing list / For kids who think it still exists

    2007, “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”, in Sound of Silver, performed by LCD Soundsystem
  2. An email list.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
email list

Translations

Arabic قَائِمَة بَرِيدِيَّة
  • قَائِمَة بَرِيدِيَّة (qāʔima barīdiyya)collection of names and addresses
Chinese Mandarin 郵寄名單 /邮寄名单
  • 郵寄名單 /邮寄名单 (yóujì míngdān)collection of names and addresses
Dutch nieuwslijst, adressenlijst
  • nieuwslijstcollection of names and addresses
  • adressenlijstcollection of names and addresses
Estonian postiloend
  • postiloendcollection of names and addresses
Finnish postituslista
  • postituslistacollection of names and addresses
French liste de diffusion, fichier d’adresses
  • liste de diffusioncollection of names and addresses
  • fichier d’adressescollection of names and addresses
German Mailingliste, Verteiler
  • Mailinglistecollection of names and addresses
  • Verteilercollection of names and addresses
Icelandic póstlisti, viðtakendaskrá
  • póstlisticollection of names and addresses
  • viðtakendaskrácollection of names and addresses
Italian mailing list, indirizzario
  • mailing listcollection of names and addresses
  • indirizzariocollection of names and addresses
  • lista d'inviocollection of names and addresses
Japanese メーリングリスト
  • メーリングリスト (mēringu risuto)collection of names and addresses
Korean 메일링 리스트
  • 메일링 리스트 (meilling riseuteu)collection of names and addresses
Polish lista dyskusyjna
  • lista dyskusyjnacollection of names and addresses
Portuguese lista de discussão, lista de correio
  • lista de discussãocollection of names and addresses
  • lista de correiocollection of names and addresses
  • lista de difusãocollection of names and addresses
Russian спи́сок рассы́лки
  • спи́сок рассы́лки (spísok rassýlki)collection of names and addresses
Spanish lista de correo
  • lista de correocollection of names and addresses
Ukrainian спи́сок розси́лки
  • спи́сок розси́лки (spýsok rozsýlky)collection of names and addresses
Vietnamese danh sách thư, danh sách gửi thư
  • danh sách thưcollection of names and addresses
  • danh sách gửi thưcollection of names and addresses
  • danh sách gởi thưcollection of names and addresses
  • hộp thư chungcollection of names and addresses
Cite this entry
APA

mailing list. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mailing%20list

MLA

“mailing list.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mailing%20list. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mailing list,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mailing%20list.

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