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Outgoing mail

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, outgoing mail means: Letters or packages that an office is sending out, usually collected for posting or courier pickup.

In Turkish: giden posta

How it is used

Used in mailrooms and reception areas. Staff sort outgoing mail, label it, record it, or leave it for the courier collection.

Example sentences

  1. Please leave all outgoing mail at the front desk by four o’clock so the courier can collect it on time.

    Here, outgoing mail refers to items prepared by the office to be sent externally, not letters arriving from outside.

  2. The admin assistant separated the outgoing mail into local post, international post, and signed documents for pickup.

    In this sentence, outgoing mail means all mail leaving the office, organised by delivery method or destination.

Common collocations

  • sort outgoing mail
  • outgoing mail tray
  • outgoing mail collection
  • seal outgoing mail
  • courierA person or company that collects and delivers parcels and documents quickly and directly, often on the same day.
  • postLetters and parcels that are sent and delivered by the postal service; also the postal system itself.

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