Cod and Pod

noun

• The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves.
  • synonyms: pod, seedcase
• Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached.
  • synonyms: codfish
• Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters.
  • synonyms: codfish

verb

• Fool or hoax.
  • usage: "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me"
  • synonyms: gull, dupe, slang, befool, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
• Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
  • usage: "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
  • synonyms: tease, razz, rag, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride

adjective

• Payable by the recipient on delivery.
  • usage: "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
  • synonyms: collect

adverb

• Collecting the charges upon delivery.
  • usage: "mail a package C. O. D."
  • synonyms: C. O. D., cash on delivery

• (n.) The scrotum.
• (n.) A small bag or pouch.
• (n.) A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.
• (n.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
• (n.) A pillow or cushion.

COD is Cash On Delivery; which is exactly what it means.

noun

• The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves.
  • synonyms: cod, seedcase
• A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e. G. Of a leguminous plant.
  • synonyms: seedpod
• A group of aquatic mammals.
• A detachable container of fuel on an airplane.
  • synonyms: fuel pod

verb

• Take something out of its shell or pod.
  • usage: "pod peas or beans"
• Produce pods, of plants. .

• (v.i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
• (n.) A bag; a pouch.
• (n.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
• (n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.