dispatch box

Examples of dispatch box in a sentence

• For information with a higher security level (such as 'Secret') they are required to use dispatch boxes, which offer a higher level of security, and which are usually red.2011 March 1, “FOI [Freedom of Information] Release: Red Boxes”, in Government of the United Kingdom, archived from the original on 08 Feb...
• Winston Churchill's old dispatch box has been sold for £158,500 – over 25 times more than it was expected to fetch.2014 December 17, “Winston Churchill’s dispatch box sells at auction for £158,500”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London...
• But during a recent examination they noticed that the beautifully-carved government Dispatch Box was covered in strange black pen marks.2008 August 31, Melissa Kite, “Dispatch Box vandal caught in the act and culprit is Prime Minister Gordon Brown”, in The Daily Telegraph...
• But then a few weeks later, the chancellor gets up at the dispatch box to deliver a budget or an autumn statement and it's as if those words had never been uttered.2018 October 28, “The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN...

Synonyms of dispatch box

• dispatch case
• ministerial box

Forms of dispatch box

Origin of dispatch box

From dispatch (“important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.”) + box. Sense 2 (“box placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern”) is from the fact that in the Parliament of the United Kingdom dispatch boxes used by ministers and other Members of Parliament to carry important documents (sense 1) were formerly used as lecterns; these have generally been replaced by cases, usually made of wood, specifically made to be used as lecterns.

Related words

• red box

Questions about dispatch box

What does dispatch box mean?

Dispatch box means a box or case with a lock that is used for carrying dispatches (“important official messages”) and other documents.

How do you use dispatch box in a sentence?

For information with a higher security level (such as 'Secret') they are required to use dispatch boxes, which offer a higher level of security, and which are usually red.

What part of speech is dispatch box?

Dispatch box is a noun.

How do you pronounce dispatch box?

Dispatch box is pronounced /dɪˈspætʃ ˌbɒks/ (UK).

What is the plural of dispatch box?

The plural of dispatch box is dispatch boxes.