Payphone

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• payphone — (n.) also pay phone, 1936, from PAY (Cf. pay) (v.) + PHONE (Cf. phone) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

• payphone — ► NOUN ▪ a public telephone operated by coins or by a credit or prepaid card …   English terms dictionary

• Payphone — Japanese Public IC TEL Bicycle payphone in Uganda …   Wikipedia

• payphone — UK [ˈpeɪˌfəʊn] / US [ˈpeɪfoʊn] noun [countable] Word forms payphone : singular payphone plural payphones a telephone in a public place that you pay to use …   English dictionary

• payphone — noun a public telephone that requires pre payment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldnt use the payphone to call a cab …   Wiktionary

• payphone — [[t]pe͟ɪfoʊn[/t]] payphones also pay phone N COUNT A payphone is a telephone which you need to put coins or a card in before you can make a call. Payphones are usually in public places …   English dictionary

• payphone — taksofonas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. payphone; paystation vok. Fernsprechautomat, m; Münzfernsprecher, m rus. таксофон, m; телефон автомат, m pranc. taxiphone, m …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

• Payphone prank — A payphone prank is a prank committed by or to a person using a payphone, including ones in a telephone booth. Common payphone pranks involve the police, money theft, or embarrassing the person utilizing the payphone. Most payphone pranks are… …   Wikipedia

• Payphone Recognition Tone — Der Payphone Recognition Tone (PRT), auch Kuckuckston oder Münzerkennungston (Münzer Kennungston) genannt, ist ein vom A und B Teilnehmer hörbarer Signalton. Er wird von Münztelefonen während einer Telefonverbindung ausgesandt. Das Münztelefon… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• payphone — pay phone n. A telephone that requires immediate payment for operation, as by a coin or credit card. Also called pay station. * * * …   Universalium