Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

western union

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables
west-ern u-nion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To send (money) by wire transfer, using the company Western Union.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To send money to (a person) by wire transfer, using the company Western Union.

Informal; Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

Western Unions (present, singular) Western Unioning (participle, present) Western Unioned (participle, past) Western Unioned (past)

Questions

What does western union mean?
To send (money) by wire transfer, using the company Western Union.

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