tie line


nounTelecommunications.
  1. a line that connects two or more extensions in a PBX telephone system.

  2. a private telephone channel, leased from a telephone company, that connects two or more PBX systems.

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tie line

noun
  1. a telephone line between two private branch exchanges or private exchanges that may or may not pass through a main exchange

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