1-800

Meaning

Noun

• A toll-free number or a long-distance telephone numbers; using any of North American toll-free area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, or 855.

Related

Similar words

• 1-800 number (North America)
• 0800 number (UK)
• 0500 number (UK, rarely used)
• 0808 number (UK, rarely used)
• Freefone number (UK)
• toll-free number (North America)

Origin

• 1, used to dial long-distance numbers + 800, which was, for a long time, the only North American toll-free area code