access charge

noun

1. a fee charged to long-distance telephone companies and their customers by a local telephone company for use of its lines.

Example Sentences

The Helmholtz Association has provided the funding for the open access charge.

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Calls to the long number will be charged 15p plus your network access charge.

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Calls to the long number cost 15p plus your network's access charge.

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Vodafone has vowed to match its rival's pledge, telling the BBC: "We will waive the access charge during the coronavirus crisis and refund those charges already incurred by patients."

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The company charges incoming calls 13p per minute and mobile phone companies add an additional per-minute access charge.

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