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a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call. Also called pay station.[1935-40]
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pay phone — UK US (also payphone, pay phone) noun [C] ► COMMUNICATIONS a public phone that is operated using coins or a card : »They have recently raised the minimum charge for making a call from a payphone … Financial and business terms
pay phone — pay′ phone n. cvb tgp a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call. Also called pay′ sta tion … From formal English to slang
pay phone — pay ,phone noun count a telephone in a public place that you pay to use … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pay phone — ☆ pay phone or pay station n. a public telephone, usually coin operated … English World dictionary
pay phone — n a public telephone that you can use when you put in a coin or a ↑credit card … Dictionary of contemporary English
pay-phone — noun a coin operated telephone • Syn: ↑pay station • Hypernyms: ↑telephone, ↑phone, ↑telephone set … Useful english dictionary
pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call. Also called pay station. [1935 40] * * * n. a public telephone that is operated by coins or by a credit or prepaid card * * * noun, pl ⋯ phones… … Useful english dictionary
pay phone — public phone, phone that requires coin or card to use … English contemporary dictionary
pay phone — noun Date: 1936 a usually coin operated public telephone … New Collegiate Dictionary
pay phone — see payphone … English dictionary
