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pay phone

–noun
a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
Also called pay station.


Origin:
1935–40
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pay phone  
n.  A telephone that requires immediate payment for operation, as by a coin or credit card. Also called pay station.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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