ringback
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English
Etymology
Noun
ringback (uncountable)
- (telecommunications) The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone they are calling is ringing.
- (telecommunications) A telephone feature allowing a person to receive an automatic call back when a busy line becomes free.
- 2013, Mark Roberts, The Sixth Soul:
- 'But you've been engaged an awfully long time: I had to use ringback in the end and that's expensive, but this is important so never mind.'
References
- ^ “ringback, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
