DISPATCH BOX


Meaning of DISPATCH BOX in English

(also deˈspatch box ) (both BrE ) noun

1.

[ C ] a container for carrying official documents

2.

the Dispatch Box [ sing. ] a box on a table in the centre of the House of Commons in the British parliament, which ministers stand next to when they speak

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