toll-free call
No-charge phone conversation
A toll-free call is a telephone call that costs nothing to the caller—the recipient pays the charges instead.
Businesses use toll-free numbers (often beginning with 800, 888, or similar prefixes) for customer service lines: Call our toll-free number for support.
The term dates from when long-distance calls incurred per-minute tolls.
- 1-800Free-call phone prefix
- customer serviceAssistance for buyers
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- dial toneSound indicating phone readiness
operator · please hold · hold music · automated · phone tree · voicemail · callback · long distance · phone · landline · switchboard · directory · extension · ringing · receiver · helpline · inquiry · business hours
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, dial tone, phone lines, dial
- callscallback, long distance, voicemail, busy signal, dial