Meaning

• 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.

• The act of doing something quickly.

  "We must act with dispatch in this matter."

• A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.

• The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.

• A dismissal.

Meaning

• To send (a shipment) with promptness.

• To send (a person) away hastily.

• To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.

• To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.

• To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

• To rid; to free.

• To destroy quickly and efficiently.

• To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).

• To hurry.

• To deprive.