(faxes, faxing, faxed)
1.
A fax or a fax machine is a piece of equipment used to copy documents by sending information electronically along a telephone line, and to receive copies that are sent in this way.
...a modern reception desk with telephone and fax...
These days, cartoonists send in their work by fax.
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2.
If you fax a document to someone, you send it from one fax machine to another.
I faxed a copy of the agreement to each of the investors...
Did you fax him a reply?...
Pop it in the post, or get your secretary to fax it...
I faxed 10 hotels in the area to check room size.
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3.
You can refer to a copy of a document that is transmitted by a fax machine as a fax.
I sent him a long fax, saying I didn't need any help.
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