köken: αντικαταβάλλω (antikatavállo) + -η (-i), from Ancient Greek ἀντικαταβάλλω (antikatabállō), from ἀντι- (anti-) + καταβάλλω (katabállō). For the modern sense of "cash on delivery", calque of French contre remboursement.
cash on delivery, payment on receipt (sale of goods by mail order where payment is made on delivery to the carrier rather than in advance) · the money to be paid this way upon the delivery or receipt of the package