freephone
(chiefly, UK, Irish) A service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.
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(chiefly, UK, Irish) A service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.
If they are not marketed properly they can easily be viewed as a poor man's freephone. Therefore, if such a service is to succeed, it needs to be promoted...
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(rare) To call a freephone number.
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