toll-free

adjective or adverb

: having or using a direct telephone line or number (such as an 800 number) for a long-distance call that is not charged to the caller
a toll-free number
called toll-free

Examples of toll-free in a Sentence

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Underfunding agency would hurt customer service Efforts to renew federal spending will likely address the amount of funding the Social Security Administration has available to provide services including toll-free phone call center services and disability determinations. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025 Consumers can contact Igloo's consumer contact toll-free at 888-943-5182 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 An analysis by the Student Borrower Protection Center and the Consumer Federation of America lists 87 Congressional mandates that the CFPB is required to fulfill, including establishing an office that collects and monitors consumer complaints via a website and a toll-free telephone number. Rafael Nam, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025 Anyone witnessing a poaching or polluting incident or any fish and wildlife violation or who has information about such a violation are asked to call the toll-free CALTIP number, 1-888 334-CALTIP (888-334-2258), available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for toll-free

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of toll-free was in 1970

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“Toll-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toll-free. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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