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despatch
Found in thesaurus: write up, report, rapidity, speediness, quickness, killing, departure, going away, transport, send
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despatch
v.
send quickly, ship; eliminate; kill
n.
sending off, shipment; message, communication; promptness
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Despatch
Despatch may refer to:
Business
- despatch, the reverse of demurrage, paid by the shipowner to the charterer under a voyage charter when a ship is loaded or unloaded in less time than allowed in the charter party
- Merchants Despatch, a refrigerated freight transporting company, which founded the village of Despatch, New York
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despatch
Noun
1. an official report (usually sent in haste)
(synonym) dispatch, communique
(hypernym) report, news report, story, account, write up
(part-meronym) dateline
2. the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
(synonym) dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness
(hypernym) celerity, quickness, rapidity
3. killing a person or animal
(synonym) dispatch
(hypernym) killing, kill, putting to death
4. the act of sending off something
(synonym) dispatch, shipment
(hypernym) departure, going, going away, leaving
(hyponym) reshipment
(derivation) dispatch, send off
Verb
1. send away towards a designated goal
(synonym) dispatch, send off
(hypernym) transport, send, ship
(hyponym) bundle off
(derivation) dispatch, shipment
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despatch
n.
vyslání; depeše; zpráva
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despatch
Rzecz.
depesza
