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Verb
/disˈpaCH/,
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dispatching, present participle; dispatched, past tense; dispatched, past participle; despatches, 3rd person singular present; despatched, past participle; despatched, past tense; despatching, present participle; dispatches, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Send off to a destination or for a purpose
    • - he dispatched messages back to base
    • - the mayor dispatched 150 police officers to restore order
  2. Deal with (a task, problem, or opponent) quickly and efficiently
    • - they dispatched the opposition
  3. Kill
    • - he dispatched the animal with one blow
Noun
  1. The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose
    • - a resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force
  2. Speed in action
    • - the situation might change, so he should proceed with dispatch
  3. An official report on state or military affairs
    • - in his battle dispatch he described the gunner's bravery
  4. A report sent in by a newspaper's correspondent from a faraway place

  5. The killing of someone or something
    • - the legendary dispatch of villains by a hero
  1. an official report (usually sent in haste)
  2. send away towards a designated goal
  3. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
  4. the act of sending off something
  5. murder: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
  6. the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
  7. Dispatch was an American indie/roots folk jam band formed at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. They were active from 1996 to 2002, and have come together three times for reunion concerts, first in 2004, again in 2007, and a third time in 2009. ...
  8. Dispatch is a procedure for assigning employees (workers) or vehicles to customers. Industries that dispatch include taxicabs, couriers, emergency services, as well as home and commercial services such as maid services, plumbing, HVAC, pest control and electricians.
  9. The Columbus Dispatch is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio that serves the central portion of the state. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871 and has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since The Columbus Citizen-Journal stopped printing in 1985.
  10. The Dispatch is an American daily newspaper published in Lexington, North Carolina, by the New York Times Regional Media Group. The newspaper is published Monday through Saturday with no Sunday edition. Billing itself as "Davidson County's News Source", The Dispatch began publication in 1902. ...
  11. Dispatched was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Södertälje (originally from the Gnesta Municipality) formed in 1992.
  12. (Dispatches (book)) Dispatches is a New Journalism book by Michael Herr that describes the author's experiences in Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire magazine. ...
  13. 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; The act of getting rid of something quickly; A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field; A dismissal ...
  14. (dispatches) news stories sent to a newspaper or broadcaster, as by a correspondent.
  15. (Dispatching) The scheduling and control of truck pickup and delivery
  16. (Dispatching) This is the direct issuance of instructions for the coordinated operation of production plants, of the National Transmission Network, of the networks connected to it and of the electric system's ancillary services.
  17. (dispatching) A call for action to effectuate a transaction. For example, a request to the operator for a certain amount of gas to be delivered. Also, the resulting sendout of natural gas. ...
  18. The implementation of a command decision to move a resource or resources from one place to another.
  19. To send something to its correct destination. Often used metaphorically to indicate a transfer of programmatic control to a destination selected algorithmically, often by lookup in a table of function references or, in the case of object methods, by traversing the inheritance tree looking for ...
  20. An amount paid by a vessel's operator to a charterer if loading or unloading is completed in less time than stipulated in the charter party.
  21. Remuneration payable by shipowner to charterer, shipper or receiver for loading/discharging in less than the time allowed according to the charter-party.
  22. Refers to person or place designated for handling a call for help by alerting the specific resources necessary.
  23. A slip of paper given at the local UFW hiring hall to qualified workers seeking farm employment with growers under contract. It replaced decades of the abusive system of labor contractors favored by growers.
  24. Push-to-talk one-to-many communications. A service provided to customers (typically operators of fleets or groups of mobile workers) who want to transmit and receive short messages to and from groups of mobile or portable radios within range of a dispatch system.
  25. To relay pickup information to a carrier verbally, written or electronically. Generally, a carrier will be unload before being dispatched to his/her pickup location.