•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
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.