access charge

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

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."

From BBC

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

From BBC