Word info

Western Union

Verb

Meaning

(transitive, informal, uncommon) To send (money) by wire transfer, using the company Western Union.

(transitive, informal, uncommon) To send money to (a person) by wire transfer, using the company Western Union.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Read the great stuff, but read the stuff that isn't so great, too. Great stuff is very discouraging. If you read only Beckett and Chekhov, you'll go away and only deliver telegrams for Western Union. Edward Albee

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union. Samuel Goldwyn

If you have a message, call western union. Samuel Goldwyn

When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle. Francis Ford Coppola

If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union. Frank Capra

1880 saw the Great North Western Telegraph Company established to connect Ontario and Manitoba but within a year it was taken over by Western Union, leading briefly to that company's control of almost all telegraphy in Canada. Source: Internet

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