wire
verb [T] (SEND MESSAGE) /waɪər/
/waɪr/ Definition
› to send money using an electrical communication system: The insurance company wired millions of dollars to its accounts to cover the payments. [+ two objects] Luckily my father wired me two hundred bucks.Faxes, pagers, and text messages › mainly US in the past, to send someone a telegram: Janet wired me to say she'd be here a day later than planned.The postal system
(Definition of wire verb (SEND MESSAGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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