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answering service
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noun
a service providing operators who answer a subscriber's telephone and take messages when the subscriber does not answer.
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answering service
First recorded in
1960–65
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
