fax
noun /fæks/Definition
› [C] (a copy of) a document that travels in electronic form along a phone line and is then printed on paper: I'll send you a fax with the details of the proposal.Faxes, pagers, and text messages › [C or U] (also fax machine) a device or system used to send and receive documents in electronic form along a phone line: I'll send you the agenda by fax. Have you got a fax at home?Faxes, pagers, and text messagesOffice equipmentCommunicating by telephonePaper and stationery
(Definition of fax noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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