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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.
Etymologies
- free + phone, perhaps after the Freefone (0800 number) service introduced in 1985 in the UK. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“BT has today announced that its BT Mobile customers will be offered free calls to 0800 numbers as of May 1st 2009. 0800 numbers - dubbed "freephone" - are free to call for landline users but have traditionally be chargeable by mobile operators.”
“If you have been affected by any of the issues in this blog post, please call our freephone line, or email me for grief counselling.”
“To find out more about Conlons visit their website at www.conlons.co.uk or call the freephone number 0800 402020.”
“For more information visit www. parkinsons.org.uk or call the freephone helpline on 0808-800 0303”
“After an update that was rolled out in late January, there have been reports that some users have been dialing emergency numbers as soon as they try to access their voicemail, or call a freephone number.”
“To find out more or make a donation call the freephone helpline at 0808 800 8000 or visit www. mssociety.org.uk credits”
“* Dates and confirmation of celebrity appearances are available by calling freephone 0800 1 388 399 or visiting the Warner Leisure Hotels website.”
“To claim free fitting and request a brochure, call freephone 0800 169 4748 and quote”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“To find out more, call freephone 0800 169 4748 and quote DT/BH/09/10.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“They can be contacted by phone by calling their freephone number on 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘freephone’.
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phono-, phon-, -phony
relating to sound
phonograph, phonics, phonology, telephony, phoneme, phone, telephone, phonautograph, phonetic, phonebook, phonography, phonolite and 107 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
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