mailpiece

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mailpiece

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From mail + piece; part of the business jargon of postal services and mail marketers for more than a century, but not common among the general public until the 21st century.

noun mailpieces

Canada, US (countable) A piece of mail, that is, an item of (physical) mail; especially, an item of flat envelope form factor as contrasted with an item of package form factor. You have 0 mailpiece(s) and 1 inbound package(s) arriving soon. [U.S. Postal Service Informed Delivery email of the 2020s]

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"mailpiece." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mailpiece. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mailpiece. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mailpiece

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"mailpiece." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mailpiece.

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@misc{mailpiece_2026,
  title = {mailpiece},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mailpiece},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}