Despatching
71message — {{11}}message (n.) c.1300, communication transmitted via a messenger, from O.Fr. message message, news, tidings, embassy (11c.), from M.L. missaticum, from L. missus a sending away, sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling, noun use of pp. of… …
72mission — (n.) 1590s, a sending abroad, originally of Jesuits, from L. missionem (nom. missio) act of sending, a despatching; a release, a setting at liberty; discharge from service, dismissal, noun of action from pp. stem of mittere to send, oldest form… …
73despatch — I. v. a. [Written also Dispatch.] 1. Send away (in haste). 2. Kill, slay, slaughter, assassinate, put to death, send out of the world. 3. Hasten, expedite, accelerate, forward, speed, quicken, finish, conclude, wind up, push or urge forward,… …
74self-liquidating — 1) Denoting an asset that earns back its original cost out of income over a fixed period. 2) Denoting a loan in which the money is used to finance a project that will provide sufficient yield to repay the loan and its interest and leave a profit …
75de|gus|ta|tion — «DEE guhs TAY shuhn», noun. the act of tasting: »As Waythorn sat despatching his hurried luncheon he looked across half enviously at the other s leisurely degustation of his meal (Edith Wharton) …
