premium rate
Expensive per-minute charge
Premium rate describes telephone services that charge callers significantly more than standard rates, with the extra revenue going to the service provider.
These numbers—typically for entertainment, competitions, adult content, or technical support—are often prefixed with specific codes like 0900 or 1-900: The psychic hotline operated on a premium rate number.
The term also applies more broadly to any pricing tier above the standard: premium rate shipping.
- surchargeExtra fee added
- phone billCarrier payment notice
- call chargesFees for telephone use
- adultMature person, legally responsible
- adult chatExplicit online conversation
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- faresbase fare, standard fare, adult fare, student fare, senior fare
- ratesroyalty, per diem, percentage, ratio, bond yield
- insuranceinsurance, coverage, auto insurance, life insurance, home insurance
- pay ratesminimum wage, overtime pay, time-and-a-half, time and a half, shift pay
- shipping feesshipping fee, delivery fee, handling fee, delivery charge, postage
- telecom codesarea code, country code, dialing code, regional code, prefix
premium ratetoll-free
Without connection charges
freephone · free call · 1-800 number · 800 number · standard rate
premium ratebasic rate
Standard charge before additions
standard rate · discount rate · reduced rate · off-peak rate · free tier
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