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单词 callback company
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callback company
c. A telephone service which enables international calls to be made at cheaper rates than those charged in the country from which one is calling, by means of a computerized call return system which opens a line from a country offering such rates (see quot. 1994). Frequently attributive, esp. in callback company.A proprietary name in the United States.
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1992 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 27 July 98/2 Once the Callback number is activated, announce that you're ready for a call back by phoning your personal Callback line and hanging up, before it answers. Logos Callback will ring you back in an instant and deliver you a dial tone at U.S. international rates.
1993 Network World 21 June 28/2 AT&T, one of the most vocal opponents of callback, just signed a $21 million three-year deal to provide Viatel with overseas communications services.
1994 Australian 11 Oct. (Brisbane ed.) 35/5 Customers typically save money by dialling a designated number in the US and hanging up after one ring. A computer from the callback company immediately rings back—a call from the US to Thailand is much cheaper than from Thailand to the US—and allows the customer to dial on anywhere in the US or abroad.
2000 Press (Canterbury, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 8 Apr. He says he built this into the largest telephone callback company in the world before selling to an American firm. ‘We brought callback to Australia and New Zealand.’
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