As a verb, to dispatch is to send someone or something quickly to a particular place or on a specific task. As a noun, a dispatch is an official message or report sent somewhere, often from a distant location.
From Spanish or Italian 'dispacciare' meaning 'to send off quickly', from 'dis-' and 'pactum' meaning 'fastened, agreed'. It carried the idea of quickly dealing with business or messages.
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