answering service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of answering service
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This is an answering service and they will forward the contact to the Crisis and Commitment office and place it on the call log.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022
"We'll have our answering service up tomorrow," Jerry Carr replied in jest.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2021
In recent years he earned money through freelance I.T. work for local businesses, including answering service calls.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021
His father worked as an insurance adjuster and for a time his mother owned an answering service.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2020
Eventually a company representative or answering service picked up the call.
From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
