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fax

noun

  1. method of transmitting images, often of documents
L320512 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to send by fax
L331690 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fæks/

intj

Etymology: Formed with -x from facts; the pronunciation of facts and fax is identical in certain varieties of English.

  1. Alternative form of facts (“used to express agreement”).

noun

Etymology: Formed with -x from facts; the pronunciation of facts and fax is identical in certain varieties of English.

  1. Nonstandard form of facts.

verb

Etymology: Clipping of facsimile, first attested 1979.

  1. To send a document via a fax machine.

    Hands trembling with excitement and impatience, I faxxed my credit history to Jerry Raskin, the real estate agent listed, and received an appointment to view the place.

    Plaintiff contented that in a game show in London, England, in January of 1988, Mr. Steinberg entered into an oral agreement with Atari representatives to become the exclusive distributor of Atari Games’ products; that the proposed agreement was dictated at this meeting; and that within two days Mr. Steinberg sent defendant a faxxed confirmation of this oral arrangement reached at the London trade show.