savingram
A piece of administrative correspondence that uses the informal and abbreviated language of a telegram, but sent by mail, which is less expensive.
Noun
- 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,...
- 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...
- This series contains copies of outward cablegrams and savingrams from Canberra either to Jakarta or to Dili, which were classified secret and below. - 2001, Karl Metcalf, Near Neighbours: Records on Australia's...
Origin
Blend of saving + telegram.