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Clipping of 1-800. [(Canada, US) A toll-free number or a long-distance telephone numbers; using any of North American toll-free area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 or 833.]
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(Canada, US, telephony) To use the last-call return service
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The telephone number for emergency services in Australia.
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(UK, New Zealand) A telephone number beginning with 0800; these numbers are free for the caller because the call is paid for by the company or organisation being called.
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Of telephone numbers dialed in North America, widely used for fictional numbers in television shows, films, and other media.
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(Canada, US) A toll-free number or a long-distance telephone numbers; using any of North American toll-free area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 or 833.
adj
Of telephone numbers dialed in North America, having an additional charge assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.
adj
(Canada, US, telephony) Of telephone numbers dialed in North America, having an additional charge assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.
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The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Cuba and Hungary.
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The telephone number for law enforcement in China, Japan, Germany, Indonesia, Latvia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Andorra, Nauru, and the Ivory Coast and on Taiwan.
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The telephone number for emergency services in New Zealand and Nauru.
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The telephone number for ambulance services in Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, and Burkina Faso.
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The telephone number for antiterrorist services in Afghanistan.
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(Canada, US, telephony) Alternative form of 311 [(Canada, US, telephony) The telephonic service for accessing some local government services, depending on jurisdiction]
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(Canada, US, telephony) The telephonic service for accessing some local government services, depending on jurisdiction
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(Canada, US, telephony) Alternative form of 411 [(Canada, US, telephony) The telephonic information service]
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(Canada, US, telephony) The telephonic information service
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(Canada, US, fiction) Pertaining to a fake telephone number. The local exchange and area code number 555 was reserved in North American dialing plan for fictional numbers, prior to the 21st century.
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(Canada, US, telephony) Alternative form of 811 [(Canada, US, telephony) The telephonic service for accessing some government services, depending on jurisdiction]
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Clipping of 1-800. [(Canada, US) A toll-free number or a long-distance telephone numbers; using any of North American toll-free area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 or 833.]
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(Canada, US) A toll-free telephone number.
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(Canada, US, telephony) The telephonic service for accessing some government services, depending on jurisdiction
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(rare) Alternative spelling of 911 [(Canada, US, colloquial) To call emergency services.]
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(Canada, US) A telephone number for which an extra charge is assessed, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.
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(Canada, US, colloquial) To call emergency services.
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The telephone number for firefighting and emergency ambulance service in Singapore.
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The telephone number for law enforcement in Singapore, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini, Botswana, Tanzania, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Alternative form of caller ID [(countable) The telephone number and/or name of the originator of an incoming telephone call, displayed on the screen of the telephone or other electronic device receiving the call.]
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A telephone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling.
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A logistics operation that uses third-party logistics services on behalf of its customers, rather than controlling a fleet of its own vehicles.
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Initialism of mail order / telephone order, used in reference to types of credit card purchases [A system of commerce in which one orders goods from a remote store which are then shipped by mail.]
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Alternative spelling of 9-1-1
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(US, Canada) Alternative form of 9-1-1
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(US) A call initiated by emergency services to telephone numbers, to, for example, announce a mandatory evacuation.
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(UK) A telephone helpline providing support to those at risk of suicide.
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Alternative form of *69 [(US, Canada, telephony) The telephone number used for last-call return services]
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Alternative form of *69 [(US, Canada, telephony) The telephone number used for last-call return services]
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(Australia) Phonetic rendition of Australia′s emergency services telephone number, 000.
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Alternative form of triple O [(Australia) Phonetic rendition of Australia′s emergency services telephone number, 000.]
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