Meaning & use
Telefax
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A document transmitted by fax, or the fax machine or system itself.
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The contract was sent by telefax to the branch office overnight.
Before email became common, offices relied on telefax to send urgent documents.
A note on using this word
Telefax was widely used in Europe as the formal term for 'fax,' especially in business and legal correspondence.
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