fax

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She said she wasn't authorized to do a re-fax, and they don't re-fax within a 3 hour period.

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  1. noun A fax machine.
  2. noun A printed page or image transmitted or received by a fax machine.
  3. transitive verb To transmit (printed matter or an image) by electronic means.

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  • It only costs twice what the distinctive ring was costing me and unlike the fax, it works every time. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Public records requests in New Mexico can now be made over e-mail or by fax, and state lawmakers will open their final bill negotiations process, in two pro-transparency changes Gov. —  Reporters Committee News
  • In column seven of the charts, we list the name, e-mail address, fax, and telephone numbers of the person or persons to contact for obtaining an application or further information about the programs listed. —  U.S. Department of Education
  • SO when I talked to "Sarah" from accounting, she told me that the fax was sent and that I should contact my bank to have it removed. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • I got upset and told her that if my bank said they didn't get the fax, they should re-fax it! —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Shortening and alteration of facsimile.

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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Saxon feax = Old Saxon fahs = OFries. fax = Old High German fahs = Icelandic fax, the hair of the head. The word fax remains in modern English in the proper name Fairfax, i. e., ‘Fairhair,’ and in Halifax, i. e. (apparently), ‘Holy hair,’ the town having received its name, it is said (Camden), from the fact that the hair of a murdered virgin was hung up on a tree in the neighborhood, which became the resort of pilgrims.
 

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