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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For gardening questions, contact us toll-free at (877) 486-6271, visit our website at homegarden.cahnr.uconn.edu, or reach out to your local UConn Extension center at cahnr.uconn.edu/extension/locations. Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025 No toll: Traveling on the Overseas Highway is toll-free. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025 Call the National Passport Information Center toll-free at 877-487-2778 for more information. Fernanda Galan, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025 Duffy contends in a letter to Gov. Hochul that congestion pricing must allow a toll-free option and that the money raised must be for highways and cannot be used for transit. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 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 27 May. 2025.

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