telephone answering service
1telephone answering service — (TAS) Private service whose primary function is to answer calls and take messages for organizations and people …
2answering service — See telephone answering service …
3answering service — UK US noun [C, usually singular] ► COMMUNICATIONS a company whose business is to receive and answer telephone calls for its customers: »I called and got through to his answering service …
4answering service — n. a business whose function is to answer telephone calls for its clients and transmit messages to them …
5answering service — UK [ˈɑːns(ə)rɪŋ ˌsɜː(r)vɪs] / US [ˈæns(ə)rɪŋ ˌsɜrvɪs] noun [countable] Word forms answering service : singular answering service plural answering services a business that receives telephone calls for other businesses or companies, taking messages …
6answering service — noun : a commercial service that answers telephone calls for its clients * * * noun, pl ⋯ vices [count] : a business that answers telephone calls and takes messages for the people and businesses that hire it The doctor is not in the office now,… …
7answering service — noun Date: 1941 a commercial service that answers telephone calls for its clients …
8answering service — a service providing operators who answer a subscriber s telephone and take messages when the subscriber does not answer. [1960 65] * * * …
9answering service — computerized service which answers telephone calls and provides callers with information or services …
10answering service — an′swering serv ice n. tgp a service that provides operators who take telephone messages for subscribers • Etymology: 1960–65 …