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PRONUNCIATION OF DISPATCH BOX

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISPATCH BOX

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Dispatch box is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISPATCH BOX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dispatch box

Despatch box

A despatch box is a wooden box used as a lectern from which frontbench members of Parliament deliver speeches to their parliamentary chamber. The original purpose of the despatch box was for members to carry documents and other belongings with them into the chamber. In modern times, two ornate wooden despatch boxes are found in the Australian House of Representatives and the British House of Commons, generally with one box on the Government side and one on the Opposition side of the table that divides the opposing frontbenches. Whereas backbenchers in both Parliaments generally deliver addresses to the chamber while standing at their seat, frontbenchers deliver their addresses from their side's despatch box. For this reason, the expression "speaking from the despatch box" is often used to describe the performance of a member of parliament in addressing the chamber. By tradition, the modern despatch boxes often contain the religious texts used for swearing in of new members of the respective chamber.

Definition of dispatch box in the English dictionary

The definition of dispatch box in the dictionary is a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISPATCH BOX

disparateness
disparates
disparities
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dispark
dispart
dispassion
dispassionate
dispassionately
dispassionateness
dispatch
dispatch case
dispatch department
dispatch documents
dispatch rider
dispatcher
dispatchful
dispauper
dispauperise
dispauperize

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISPATCH BOX

apple box
black box
blue box
coach box
collection box
dialog box
fuse box
glory box
glove box
light box
lunch box
music box
out of the box
PO box
set-top box
suggestion box
telephone box
the box
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tool box

Synonyms and antonyms of dispatch box in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dispatch box» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISPATCH BOX

Find out the translation of dispatch box to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dispatch box from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dispatch box» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公文箱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caja de envío
570 millions of speakers

English

dispatch box
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रेषण बॉक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إرسال مربع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отправка коробка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caixa de expedição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রেরণ বাক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boîte d´expédition
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kotak penghantaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Versandkarton
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

派遣ボックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파견 상자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kothak pengiriman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nơi nhận hàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அஞ்சல் பெட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेषण पेटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

evrak sandığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scatola di spedizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pudełko wysyłka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відправка коробка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cutie expediere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κιβώτιο αποστολής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

versending boks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leverans låda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utsendelse boks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dispatch box

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPATCH BOX»

The term «dispatch box» is normally little used and occupies the 131.256 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPATCH BOX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dispatch box

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISPATCH BOX»

Discover the use of dispatch box in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dispatch box and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights ...
In a pneumatic dispatch tube system, the combination with a tube provided with a dispatch box and a terminal, of means for sealing the system during its periods of disuse, valves for admitting air to the tube behind the cartridge during its ...
2
Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill: Vol. 2: Evidence
It is an absolutely unique situation to stand at the Dispatch Box and defend your decision or the decision of somebody for whom you are in other ways responsible. As I have said before and as Mr Tyrie will no doubt remember, the sharpest ...
Bernan, 2008
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
The Government Business is done from this particular Dispatch Box. It is a straightforward matter because we are dispatching Government Business. So, Ithink that is self explanatory. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to draw your ...
4
Prairie Schooner Princess
She saw him stoop and examine it, saw him stare into her mother's face, and saw her mother turn pale, as she murmured in a shaking voice, " The dispatch-box — the dispatch- box!" Ruth had heard of the dispatch-box, although she had no ...
Mary Katherine Maule, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co, 1920
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Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota ! —-'---'-I-¥_ -. -. _.v—v——-r'— -|—-'1-.—'——~-—v—:-1---\_ - _.. .1“ A 'I 'A I . ma q. ' ' -I 0 I 156 * REPORT RAILROAD AND 'WAREHOUSE COMMISSION. (Page 77.) ...
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota, 1896
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Report for the Biennium
Minnesota. Dept. of Public Service. (Page 77.) CAR MILEAGE. Paid or Allowed for Rolling Stock, not the Property of Railroads nor Consigned for Use by Lease. 1 Cans Usrzn. Conrnzssurron. l Name of Company or Corporation. Class of Cars.
Minnesota. Dept. of Public Service, 1897
7
The International Exhibition of 1862
The dressing fittings are contained in a tray, removable at pleasure, allowing the case to be used as dispatch box and writing-desk only, if desired. Of russia leather, with Bramah lock and best quality fittings. Illustrated catalogues forwarded on ...
Anonymous, Cambridge University Press, 2014
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Dead Souls
The room had now been set in order, the sumptuous feather bed removed, and a table set before the sofa. Depositing his dispatch-box upon the table, he heaved a gentle sigh on becoming aware that he was so soaked with perspiration that ...
Nikolai Gogol, 1936
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Report
Dispatch Box Amer. Refr. Transit Co Refrigerator. Arms Palace Horse Car Co Stock Arbackle Ariosa Dispatch Box Burton Stock Car Company Stock Cudahy Refr. Line Refrigerator. Consolidated Cattle Car Co Stock. Continental Fruit Express ...
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota, 1901
10
The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
I quickly consulted the entries under the heading “Untold Tales and Dr. Watson's Tin Dispatch—Box,” in my copy of Ronald Burt DeWaal's The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. VI/atson, but their titles suggested that their authors ...
Marvin Kaye, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISPATCH BOX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dispatch box is used in the context of the following news items.
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George Osborne's radical UK budget has eye to his legacy
George Osborne, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, holds the dispatch box containing the first budget by a Tory-majority government in almost ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
George Osborne's 'work vs welfare' Budget is one of the most …
... a speech that simply says "I'll spend 'x' and pay for it with 'y' taxes and 'z' borrowing" would be laughed out across the dispatch box. We now ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
3
Sinn Féin and SDLP deplore George Osborne's budget
“I watched George Osborne stand at the dispatch box in the House of Commons acting like some modern day Sheriff of Nottingham, robbing ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
BBC licence fee bill for over-75s forecast to hit £745m
Speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons today, Osborne said the BBC had agreed to the deal in return for “a sustainable income ... «Broadcast, Jul 15»
5
Furore over Q&A pales when the behaviour of politicians in the …
... after episode two of the ABC's The Killing Season aired, remember how Tony Abbott was almost dancing in delight behind the dispatch box? «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
6
Wednesday's agenda - Tory Budget and Taylor Wimpey in focus
Wednesday is Chancellor George Osborne's turn at the dispatch box and investors' attention will certainly be on his speech - the first all Tory ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
7
Will Altmann get her way with lifetime allowance?
So here is our list of the most talked about themes expected to be delivered from the dispatch box. Lifetime allowance. The lifetime allowance is ... «FT Adviser, Jul 15»
8
What should charities be looking out for in the Chancellor's Summer …
Whilst charities will not the priority for the Chancellor as he stands up at the dispatch box, his decisions will have a big impact on the sector's ... «Civil Society Media, Jul 15»
9
Grown-up Labour is finally thinking straight
Twenty-four hours later, shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker rose at the dispatch box, and began methodically beating Mr Miliband's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Why the Greek referendum is relevant to people living in Tory …
As George Osborne goes to the dispatch box to deliver his “emergency” Budget tomorrow, the collective voice of Greece's people will reverberate through his ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dispatch box [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dispatch-box>. Apr 2024 ».
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