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Despatch

/dəˈspætʃ/

A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.

📖 Definitions of "Despatch"

noun
  1. 1

    A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.

  2. 2

    The act of doing something quickly.

    "We must act with dispatch in this matter."

  3. 3

    A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.

  4. 4

    The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.

verb
  1. 1

    To send (a shipment) with promptness.

  2. 2

    To send (a person) away hastily.

  3. 3

    To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.

  4. 4

    To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.

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