toll call
noun[C]
COMMUNICATIONSUSukusaphonecallthat islong-distanceand socostsmore thanusual:
I need to make atollcalltoheadofficein Delhi.
Examplesoftoll call
toll call
Atollcallto another area code was eleven digits, including the leading 1.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A long-distance call is therefore known not as atollcallbut as a trunk call.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Before the advent of direct-dialed long distance calls, a subscriber would need to contact the long-distance operator in order to place atollcall.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In some regions, local numbers were 7 digits, or occasionally less, but atollcallwithin the area code required a preceding 1.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Any operator assistance ortollcallbilling for these unattended stations was handled remotely at a larger exchange in the city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In many areas, before 1995, including the area code on atollcallwithin the same area code would confuse the telephone system and prevent the call from being connected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The arrangement delivered internet to the rural community where the nearest dialup internet services were atollcallaway, as well as giving the school low cost internet.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I took my client there, and showed him to his suite; and he wanted to make atollcall.
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I have experienced delays of 10 minutes in trying to get through on atollcall.
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A postal delivery is one item, but a trunk telephone call, or atollcall, may last anything from one minute to an hour.
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