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/dɪspˈætʃ bɑks/ Listen

noun

Dispatch n. (Written also despatch)

The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. "To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts."

The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. "Serious business, craving quick dispatch." "To carry his scythe... with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space."

A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

A message transmitted by telegraph. (Modern)

Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat.

Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

Synonyms: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dispatch box" Quotes from Famous Books

... Then he pushed the dispatch box across the table. The biologist rose and turned back the lid of the box. The contents remained as Sir Godfrey's dead son had left them; a limp leather diary, an automatic pistol of some American make, a few glass tubes of ...

— The Sleuth of St. James's Square • Melville Davisson Post

... collect the papers that were scattered about the big drawing-table, sorting them out and folding them up and then taking other papers and plans from the drawers and packing them into a little black dispatch box. ...

— The World Peril of 1910 • George Griffith

... Starkweather at such times when he is in Washington. Door to right; also, door to right rear. At left rear is an alcove, without hangings, which is dark. To left are windows. To left, near windows, a fiat-top desk, with desk-chair and desk-telephone. Also, on desk, conspicuously, is a heavy dispatch box. At the center rear is a large screen. Extending across center back of room are heavy, old-fashioned bookcases, with swinging glass doors. The bookcases narrow about four feet from the floor, thus forming ...

— Theft - A Play In Four Acts • Jack London

... a few minutes with a dispatch box in his hand, which he laid on a table beside her. "In this you will find Philippa Harford's letters, and also a number written by Francis when they were engaged. You had better read them. You have a right to do so. My grandmother put them ...

— East of the Shadows • Mrs. Hubert Barclay