savingram

Noun

savingram (plural savingrams)

1. A piece of administrative correspondence that uses the informal and abbreviated language of a telegram, but sent by mail, which is less expensive.
   • Savingrams were used where there was not sufficient urgency to necessitate telegrams and they were sent in the same way as despatches.1995, Anne Thurston, Sources for Colonial Studies in the Public Record Office, →ISBN
   • In light of this the colonial secretary noted in a draft savingram to the Colonies "cotton is one of those commodities of which it is necessary to increase production in the Sterling Area in order to reduce dollar expenditure and to assist in closing the dollar gap."1996, The International Journal of African Historical Studies