- toll call
- {n. phr.} A long distance telephone call for which one has to pay. * /We had several toll calls on last month's telephone bill./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
toll call
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toll call — ➔ call2 * * * toll call UK US noun [C] US COMMUNICATIONS ► a phone call that is long distance and so costs more than usual: »I need to make a toll call to head office in Delhi … Financial and business terms
toll call — toll′ call n. tgp any telephone call involving a higher base rate than that fixed for a local message • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
toll call — n. a long distance telephone call, for which there is a charge beyond the local rate … English World dictionary
toll call — noun a long distance telephone call at charges above a local rate (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑long distance, ↑long distance call, ↑trunk call * * * noun Etymology: toll (I) : a long dist … Useful english dictionary
toll call — {n. phr.} A long distance telephone call for which one has to pay. * /We had several toll calls on last month s telephone bill./ … Dictionary of American idioms
toll\ call — n. phr. A long distance telephone call for which one has to pay. We had several toll calls on last month s telephone bill … Словарь американских идиом
toll call — noun a) a telephone call with a higher charge than that for a normal local call b) a long distance call … Wiktionary
toll call — n. telephone call at a higher cost than the fixed cost charged for a local call; long distance call … English contemporary dictionary
toll call — noun Date: 1912 a long distance telephone call at charges above a local rate … New Collegiate Dictionary
toll call — any telephone call involving a higher base rate than that fixed for a local message. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
