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View synonyms for toll call

toll call

noun

  1. any telephone call involving a higher base rate than that fixed for a local message.


toll call

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a short-distance trunk call
  2. a long-distance telephone call at a rate higher than that for a local call
  3. a telephone call beyond a free-dialling area for which a charge is made
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of toll call1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

By the way, is the call from Dallas, Tex., to Irving a toll call?

You have already told us that was not a toll call from Dallas to Irving.

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