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noun
A service offering telephone calls free of charge to designated numbers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, uncountable
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verb
To call a freephone number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
From free + phone, perhaps after the Freefone (0800 number) service introduced in 1985 in the UK.
