"premail" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From pre- + mail.",
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      "form": "premailing",
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          "text": "So our first step in the study of consumer attitudes toward product quality was to premail questionnaires to the principal shopper in a carefully selected, nationally distributed sample of homes.",
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          "ref": "1984, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Confirmation of accounts receivable, page 29:",
          "text": "Use Premailing Notification / The use of a brief letter, postcard, or telephone call immediately before mailing the confirmation generally tends to increase responses.",
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        "To contact by mail in advance."
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        [
          "in advance",
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  "etymology_text": "From pre- + mail.",
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      "form": "premailing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "premailed",
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