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English
Etymology
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
mailpiece (plural mailpieces)
- (chiefly 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.
- Coordinate terms: package (usually coordinate rather than hyponymous); email, mail
You have 0 mailpiece(s) and 1 inbound package(s) arriving soon. [U.S. Postal Service Informed Delivery email of the 2020s]
1995 April, Anthony F. Stuart, Technical Association of the Graphic Arts, Proceedings, page 442:Each mailjob is composed of pages that go into a single envelope. These are called mailpieces.
2002, Bruce R. Hopkins, The Law of Fundraising, page 316:The name and return address of the authorized nonprofit organization must be either on the outside of the mailpiece or in a prominent location