Cash on delivery

For the 2006 Ray Cash album, see Cash on Delivery (album). For the 1956 British comedy film also known as "Cash on Delivery", see To Dorothy a Son. For the 2023 Singaporean series, see Cash on Delivery (TV series).
A British cash on delivery registered letter from 1940s London showing 4s 7d due on delivery.

Cash on delivery (COD), sometimes called payment on delivery,[1] cash on demand, payment on demand or collect on delivery[2] is the sale of goods by mail order where payment is made on delivery rather than in advance. If the goods are not paid for, they are returned to the retailer.[3] Originally, the term applied only to payment by cash but as other forms of payment have become more common, the word "cash" has sometimes been replaced with the word "collect" to include transactions by checks, money orders, credit cards or debit cards.

  1. ^ https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/payment-on-delivery [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Cash on Delivery (COD)".
  3. ^ Cash On Delivery – COD Investopedia, 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.