Real Dictionary

fax
A fax or a fax machine is a piece of equipment that was used in the past to copy documents by sending information electronically along a phone line, and to receive copies that were sent in this way.

fax in American English
the transmission of graphic matter by electrical or electronic means, as over a telephone line, for reception and reproduction; facsimile
adjective
transitive verb: to transmit a facsimile of (printed matter, photographs, or the like) electronically

fax in British English
noun
verb: to send (a message, document, etc) by fax

fax in Hospitality 1
noun: A fax is a copy of a document that is transmitted electronically along a telephone line by a fax machine.

fax in Hospitality 2
verb: If you fax a document to someone, you send it from one fax machine to another.