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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Consumers can call Vornado toll-free at 844-205-7978 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or send an email to [email protected]. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025 For your gardening questions, feel free to contact us, toll-free, at the UConn Home & Garden Education Center at (877) 486-6271, visit our website at www.homegarden.cahnr.uconn.edu or contact your local Cooperative Extension center. Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025 Every healthcare plan is required to have a toll-free number prominently displayed on its website to assist fire disaster victims. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025 Click here or call the toll-free reservations number (888) 544-2523 to book. – Embassy Suites by Hilton San Diego La Jolla: $199/night for evacuees. Emily Longeretta, Variety, 10 Jan. 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 2 Feb. 2025.

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