Business

• despatch, the reverse of demurrage
  Demurrage
  The term demurrage originated in vessel chartering and refers to the period when the charterer remains in possession of the vessel after the period normally allowed to load and unload cargo . By extension demurrage refers to the charges that the charterer pays to the shipowner for its extra use of...
  
  , paid under a voyage charter when a ship is loaded or unloaded in less time than allowed in the charter party
• Merchants Despatch
  Merchants Despatch
  The Merchants Despatch Transportation Company was established in 1857 or 1858 by the American Express Company of New York...
  
  , a refrigerated freight transporting company, which founded the village of Despatch, New York

Military terminology

• Despatch rider
  Despatch rider
  A despatch rider is a military messenger, mounted on horse or motorcycle.Despatch riders were used by armed forces to deliver urgent orders and messages between headquarters and military units...
  
  , a military motorcycle courier
• Mentioned in despatches, a military tradition for commending notable achievements

Places

• Despatch, Eastern Cape, a small town near Uitenhage
  Uitenhage
  Uitenhage is a South African town with 275,185 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. The town's name is pronounced by English speakers and in Afrikaans...
  
   and Port Elizabeth in South Africa
• Despatch, New York, United States, village now known as "East Rochester"

Ships

• Despatch (brig)
  Despatch (brig)
  The Despatch was a brig noted for having shipwrecked near Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, and for the subsequent heroic rescue of many of its passengers and crew. The Despatch was partly owned by William Lancaster of Workington, England...
  
  , ran aground near Newfoundland in 1828
• HMS Despatch, the name of various British Royal Navy ships
• USS Despatch
  USS Despatch
  USS Despatch may refer to:, a schooner in commission from 1814 to 1820, a sloop-of-war in commission from 1856 to 1859, which was recommissioned as USS Pocahontas in 1860, served in the American Civil War, and was decommissioned a final time in 1865, a screw steamer in commission from 1873 to 1891,...
  
  , the name of various United States Navy ships