单词 | local call |
释义 | > as lemmaslocal call local call n. a telephone call made within a prescribed area around a telephone exchange, as opposed to a long-distance call; any call made within a particular district, typically to a number having the same area code, and charged at a relatively low rate.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > types of personal call1843 local call1882 ringback1895 long distance1902 private call1907 trunk-call1910 toll call1912 callback1914 overflow1924 picture message1929 alarm call1966 text message1977 text1990 1882 Washington Post 4 Oct. 1/8 Three patents, for telephone local call instrument. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 May The local calls on the Bristol exchange cost the renters alone 1¼d. per call. 1927 E. Murray Post Office viii. 138 A fixed annual charge for the installation together with a uniform fee for each effective local call. 1975 D. Bagley Snow Tiger xv. 124 The exchange has a bank of batteries... We're all right for local calls. 2013 Aberdeen Evening Press (Nexis) 10 Oct. 4 The change means people in Aberdeen will have to dial the code when making a local call from a landline. < as lemmas |
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