freephone
freephone noun: a service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.
Noun
freephone (uncountable)
- A service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.
- If they are not marketed properly they can easily be viewed as a poor man's freephone. Therefore, if such a service is to succeed, it needs to be promoted...1997, Peter Murley, Gower handbook of customer service
- One reason for the increase in public contact with companies has been the introduction of freephone, or toll-free, services.2000, Owen Hargie, Dennis Tourish, Handbook of communication audits for organisations
Verb
freephone (third-person singular simple present freephones, present participle freephoning, simple past and past participle freephoned)
- To call a freephone number.
Synonyms of freephone
Forms of freephone
| third-person singular present | freephones |
|---|---|
| present participle | freephoning |
| past participle | freephoned |
| past | freephoned |
Origin of freephone
From free + phone, perhaps after the Freefone (0800 number) service introduced in 1985 in the UK.
Questions about freephone
- What does freephone mean?
- Freephone means a service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.
- What part of speech is freephone?
- Freephone can be a noun or a verb.
Words near freephone in the dictionary
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