message rate
now chiefly historical
noun
1 Telegraphy the cost of sending a telegraphic message.
2 Telephony a fixed payment per call made by a telephone user, as opposed to a subscription paid for unlimited use of the telephone during a specified period.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.
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