wire service
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wire service

noun

Definition of WIRE SERVICE

: a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission

Examples of WIRE SERVICE

  1. The story was reported by several wire services.

First Known Use of WIRE SERVICE

1944

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