wire service
noun
a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.
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Nearby words
wire house, wire netting, wire recorder, wire recording, wire rope, wire service, wire side, wire transfer, wire vine, wire wheel, wire wool
Origin of wire service
First recorded in 1940–45
Also called wire agency.
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British Dictionary definitions for wire agency
wire service
noun
mainly US and Canadian an agency supplying news, etc, to newspapers, radio and television stations, etc
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