freephone

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

   Adding a freephone telephone number does increase response...

   2001, Dave Patten, Successful marketing for the small business

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   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...

   1997, Peter Murley, Gower handbook of customer service

   One reason for the increase in public contact with companies has been the introduction of freephone, or toll-free, services.

   2000, Owen Hargie, Dennis Tourish, Handbook of communication audits for organisations

   Synonyms: toll-free, tollfree

present singular third person freephones · participle present freephoning · participle past freephoned · past freephoned

1. rareTo call a freephone number.