verb

• (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
• (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
  "The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared.[...]Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League."
• (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
• (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
  "Scores of foreign journalists have been dispatched to Seoul to report on the growing tensions between the two Koreas and the possibility of war."

noun

• (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
• (obsolete) A dismissal.