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MailMerge, n. Computing.|ˈmeɪlmɜːdʒ|
Also mail merge, mail-merge, and with lower-case initials.
[f. mail n.3 + merge v.]
A proprietary name for a program that draws on a file of names and addresses and a text file to produce multiple copies of a letter each addressed to a different recipient; (also MailMerge facility) the facility for doing this.
1981Mag. Bank Admin. (U.S.) Sept. 86/2 Currently available for the Apple are MailMerge, a powerful data and text merging tool that enables WordStar to produce personalized form letters, [etc.]. 1984S. Curran Word Processing for Beginners ix. 108 Wordstar itself costs between {pstlg}250 and {pstlg}300, and you have to pay over {pstlg}100 more for each of Mailmerge (the form letter package) and Spellstar, the spelling checker. 1984Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 9/1 A word-processing program with mailmerge facility would enable you to compose letters from standard paragraphs quickly and accurately. 1986Brit. Jrnl. Aesthetics Autumn 418 (Advt.), Nota Bene has..mailmerge, and automatic generation of tables and contents. 1993Computing 9 Sept. 10/3 The new features include..conditional selection of records for mail-merge.
Hence ˈmail-merge v. trans.; also ˈmail-merged ppl. a.; ˈmail-merging vbl. n.
1983Computerworld 18 July 70/4 Edit Pak System costs $3,995 including.. CP/M, word processing and mail-merging software. 1986PC Week 4 Nov. 99/2 The more advanced applications software ranges from word processing and mail merging to sales forecasting and market research. 1991Which? June 352/2 To send a letter to lots of people, you can ‘mailmerge’ it. 1992MacWorld June 161/1 PAA need to keep a database of contributors, to whom the organization sends mail-merged letters. |
