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

From Science Daily Feb. 1, 2024

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

From BBC Dec. 21, 2022

“He’s fixing a 21st-century problem with a 19th-century approach,” said Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management who favors the market access charge.

From Washington Post Jul. 30, 2019

Industry insiders say the barge-based bid could be at a major advantage if it can avoid the fixed grid access charge which the existing power plants have to pay.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2015

Many providers will offer this service for free as part of the monthly access charge.

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