phone service

collocation in English

meaningsofphoneandservice

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phone
noun
uk
/fəʊn/us
/foʊn/
a device that uses either a system of wires along which electrical signals are sent or a system of radio signals to make it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has a ...
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service
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.vɪs/us
/ˈsɝː.vɪs/
a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that ...
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(Definition ofphoneandservicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofphone service

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Thephoneserviceallows dialer to obtain private information about the characters and hear their conversations.
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This information can be used for making repairs, replacing old equipment, orderingphoneservice, recovering call detail records, and assisting in tracing calls.
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Thirty percent of cellphoneservicewas temporarily lost due to the outages.
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A power line was strung in 1930, andphoneservicewas established in 1934.
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The even stronger 1922 earthquake damaged buildings, cutphoneservice, and stopped the railroad.
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An agent can compare the proposals of twophoneserviceproviders by simply comparing how much they charge per minute.
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The entirephoneservicein the neighborhood went out.
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We are also exploring in some locations a mobilephoneserviceand telephone linkages.
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We are experimenting with advice computers, with a freephoneservice, and with advice points.
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We want to make it as easy as possible for customers to choose the cheaper or better long distancephoneservice.
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It spent £1.025 million on an advertising campaign for the travelinephoneservicein 2001–02.
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I have no doubt that the complaints have been so numerous that the freephoneservicehad to slam down the receiver.
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People have been promised the benefits of the freephoneservice.
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Subscription fraud involves signing up to aphoneservice—business, domestic or mobile—but using a fictitious name and false identification.
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The freelinephoneservicehas received 4,000 calls.
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Most otherphoneserviceis still based on communal phone banks in various communities.
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Under the contract received a monthly salary of $13,000, free accommodation, a car, two free air tickets andphoneservice.
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These telecommunications tariffs originated with the advent of publicphoneservice.
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Access to internet became possible in about 2000, and there is mobilephoneservice.
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