Dictionary

telepost en · NOUN

Etymology

From tele- + post.

Meanings

1. (historical) A message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
   • […] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, […] 1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People:
   • A telepost is a dispatch of 50 words, between all points, for 25 cents, delivered at the post-office. 1910, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 5592, page 4:
   • It is only by the utilization of the full facilities of a wire that a telepost service can be established. Cheap rates are impossible at nine words a minute. 1908, Telegraph Age, volume 25, page 201:

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Coordinates

teletape · telegram