dispatch

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business. See Synonyms at send¹.
2. v. To complete, transact, or dispose of promptly.
3. v. To eat up (food); finish off (a dish or meal).
4. v. To put to death summarily.
5. n. The act of sending off, as to a specific destination.
6. n. Dismissal or rejection of something regarded as unimportant or unworthy of consideration: "[his] breezy dispatch of another Establishment fiction writer” ( Christopher Hitchens).
7. n. The act of putting to death.
8. n. Speed in performance or movement. See Synonyms at haste.
9. n. A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
10. n. An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.
11. n. A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.
12. n. An organization or conveyance for delivering goods.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. etc. See despatch, etc.

Wiktionary

1. v. To send a shipment with promptness.
2. v. To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness.
3. v. To hurry.
4. v. obsolete To deprive.
5. v. To destroy quickly and efficiently.
6. v. computing To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
7. n. 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.
8. n. The act of getting rid of something quickly.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
2. v. obsolete To rid; to free.
3. v. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
4. v. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
5. v. To send out of the world; to put to death.
6. v. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
7. n. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
8. n. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
9. n. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
10. n. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural
11. n. Modern A message transmitted by telegraph.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. killing a person or animal
2. v. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
3. v. send away towards a designated goal
4. n. the act of sending off something
5. n. an official report (usually sent in haste)
6. v. kill intentionally and with premeditation
7. v. kill without delay
8. n. the property of being prompt and efficient
9. v. complete or carry out