A message sent by telephone or telex and delivered in written form, which replaced the telegram for inland messages in the UK in 1981.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Royal Household took the opportunity presented by the changed format to create a special card in which the telemessage would be inserted.
- I can't honestly say that I would have considered use of telemessages prior to our emails.
- The equipment is arranged to print out the telemessages on a printout medium.
- Her birthday brought her a third telemessage from the Queen.
- Allowances are also provided for ‘telemessages’ which replaced the old telegram system.