telex
/ˈteleks/ noun COMMUNICATIONSDefinition
› [U] a system for writing messages on a special machine and sending them by phone to another machine of the same kind. This system has now been replaced by fax and email: The money was despatched by telex.
› [C] a message sent by telex
telex verb [I or T] › They telexed the office requesting information.(Definition of telex noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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