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premium-rate telephone number

noun

Etymology

In the original North American Numbering Plan, phone numbers beginning with an area code of 800 were reserved for so called toll-free numbers, where the party receiving the call pays the charges. The telephone companies later developed a corresponding set of numbers beginning with the area code 900, which would permit the owner of the number to receive additional fees from the caller.

Definitions

  1. A telephone number for which an extra charge is assessed to the caller, part of which is…

    A telephone number for which an extra charge is assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.

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