to wire
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7.8
- verb
- /waɪər/
- Archaic
:
telegrafear
- Can you wire me the sixty-seven hundred dollars and I'll pay you back?
Often the way it works is that they're told that they need to wire in additional money to pay a tax before withdrawing their funds.
- Often the way it works is that they're told that they need to wire in additional money to pay a tax before withdrawing their funds.
- She could make a wire and have the best of the best tour people in the world in her living room within a day.
- And so people would wire their their funds to Alameda because FTX didn't have bank count initially.
Examples
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I'll wire what we agreed upon.
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Your payment will be wired soon.
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There was nothing Father could do but wire us money.
Fiction book (1996) -
Lawyers have gone over it and you wire the money and you own it.
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You want me to get accounting to wire her the cash advance?
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I can wire you money every month for Lena, for you, for your children.
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Listen, I need you to wire me $500 to the western union office in amarillo, Texas right away.
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My recommendation is you ask the airline to wire the money, notify me when the transfer's been made.
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I'm gonna wire Denise 10,000 dollars.
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Please wire the payment for the order by the end of the day.
Synonyms
602
3.2
Show a program to many people on radio or television
102
3.5
To receive and then pass on a message or signal
26
2.3
To send someone a short note by email, text, or chat
5
6.4
To send a message over long wires using electric signals
1
6.1
To send a message by telegraph to a distant place
1
5.1
To send a message by telegraph
To send a typed message that is printed far away
Idioms
5
5.9
To continue until the last possible moment while the result is not known
- Informal
5
5.9
Reach a point where the result is not decided until the last moment
Compounds
- Literature
13
3.9
A company that collects news and sends it to newspapers or TV stations
7
3.4
A light, flexible wire mesh with small six-sided holes used to make fences for chickens and gardens
- Specialized
1
6.3
A strong cable that holds things like a pole or tent by attaching it to the ground
- UK
1
4.6
A pad of fine steel fibers used to clean and smooth metal and other hard surfaces
- Specialized
A thin metal line that carries electricity from one place to another
- Specialized
Thin crossed lines in devices like a telescope or microscope that help you aim
- Specialized
A rare flowering plant from Oregon that looks like mustard and is at risk
- Australian
A coarse one-year grass that has long thin flower spikes and often grows as a weed
- Archaic
A machine that prints letters and numbers as small dots using thin wires that hit an ink ribbon
- Archaic
A printer that makes letters from dots by striking paper with thin metal wires
- Specialized
An underwater weapon that moves by itself and is steered by a wire from the ship that fired it
A medium-sized hunting dog that points to birds, with rough outer fur and a soft undercoat
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Wire (verb) to send a telegram or money comes from sending things along the telegraph 'wire', so to 'wire' someone is to send something quickly over the line.