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900 number, n. N. Amer.
Brit. |nʌɪnˈhʌndrəd ˌnʌmbə|, U.S. |ˌnaɪnˈhəndrəd ˌnəmbər|
Forms: 19– nine hundred number, 19– 900 number [Also with hyphen(s).]
[‹ nine adj. + hundred n. and adj. + number n. Usually written with numerical symbol for the first element. Compare 800 number n.]
In the United States and Canada: a telephone number with the digits 900 in place of an area code, chiefly used to access information or entertainment services for which callers are charged by the minute, usually at a premium rate.
1977N.Y. Times 27 Feb. 40/1 You'll dial a 900 number. That's the first time a 900 number has been used. It's a toll-free 900 number,..so the 800 system doesn't get overloaded. 1980Nation 8 Nov. 461/1 Subscribers to the service—newspapers, television stations—pay $5,000 monthly, and their viewers or readers can call the ‘900’ numbers to obtain sports scores or to participate in straw polls. 1997B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 221 Folks at home could dial a nine hundred number to access live on-camera ‘one-on-ones’ with favorites. |