How to say "cod" in Japanese

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  • 着払いちゃくばらい
    no-adjectiveUsed for the COD sense of shipping: the recipient pays the delivery charge on arrival. It covers payment-on-delivery parcels and freight, not the fish.
  • 代引きだいびき
    nounThe abbreviated form of 代金引換; it refers to cash on delivery, typically when a courier collects payment as the parcel is handed over. It has nothing to do with the fish.
  • 代金引換だいきんひきかえ
    nounThe complete, unabbreviated term for cash on delivery; 代引き is its shortened form. Use it when the full expression is wanted.
    The article will be sent cash on delivery.
  • 化学的酸素要求量かがくてきさんそようきゅうりょう
    nounThis is COD only as the abbreviation for chemical oxygen demand, a measure of water pollution used in environmental science. It has no connection to delivery payments or to the fish.
  • nounThe katakana rendering of the English phrase 'cash on delivery'. It denotes the same payment arrangement as the other delivery terms and, like them, is not the fish.

These entries cover only the abbreviation COD — cash on delivery or chemical oxygen demand — not the fish: pick among 「着払い」, 「代引き」, 代金引換 and 「キャッシュオンデリバリー」 for delivery payment, and 化学的酸素要求量 for the water-quality measure.

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