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freephone

The English word “freephone” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.

verb

  1. To call a freephone number.

Etymology

From free + phone, perhaps after the Freefone (0800 number) service introduced in 1985 in the UK.

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