"mailing list" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mailing lists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mailing list (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. Translations (collection of names and addresses): قَائِمَة بَرِيدِيَّة (qāʔima barīdiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 郵寄名單 (Chinese Mandarin), 邮寄名单 (yóujì míngdān) (Chinese Mandarin), nieuwslijst [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), adressenlijst [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), postiloend (Estonian), postituslista (Finnish), liste de diffusion (French), fichier d’adresses [masculine] (French), Mailingliste [feminine] (German), Verteiler [masculine] (German), póstlisti [masculine] (Icelandic), viðtakendaskrá (english: recipient file) [feminine] (Icelandic), mailing list [feminine] (Italian), indirizzario [feminine] (Italian), lista d'invio [feminine] (Italian), メーリングリスト (mēringu risuto) (Japanese), 메일링 리스트 (meilling riseuteu) (Korean), lista de discussão [feminine] (Portuguese), lista de correio [feminine] (Portuguese), lista de difusão [feminine] (Portuguese), спи́сок рассы́лки (spísok rassýlki) [masculine] (Russian), lista de correo [feminine] (Spanish), спи́сок розси́лки (spýsok rozsýlky) [masculine] (Ukrainian), danh sách thư (Vietnamese), danh sách gửi thư (Vietnamese), danh sách gởi thư (Vietnamese), hộp thư chung (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mailing_list-en-noun-Zk0sOfq2 Disambiguation of 'collection of names and addresses': 95 5
  2. An email list. Categories (topical): Collectives, Internet, Marketing Related terms: direct mail, mail merge
    Sense id: en-mailing_list-en-noun-F~rtTQRK Disambiguation of Collectives: 33 67 Disambiguation of Internet: 29 71 Disambiguation of Marketing: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 67

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          "ref": "2007, “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”, in Sound of Silver, performed by LCD Soundsystem",
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