dispatcher
noun
Simple meaning
Employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
dɪsˈpætʃɚ
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Definition
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noun
Employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
gamblingslang
Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
computing
A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
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Send away towards a designated goal.
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A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard.
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