toll call
noun
any telephone call involving a higher base rate than that fixed for a local message.
Origin of toll call
1First recorded in 1925–30
Words Nearby toll call
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How to use toll call in a sentence
By the way, is the call from Dallas, Tex., to Irving a toll call?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyYou have already told us that was not a toll call from Dallas to Irving.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for toll call
toll call
noun
British obsolete a short-distance trunk call
US a long-distance telephone call at a rate higher than that for a local call
NZ a telephone call beyond a free-dialling area for which a charge is made
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