0800 number

English Noun 0800 number en UK NZ A telephone number beginning with 0800; these numbers are free for the caller because the call is paid for by the company or organisation being called. en 1995 Sheena Carmichael Business Ethics: the new bottom line 1898309612 41 the 0800 number advice line receives over five hundred calls a year en 2002 Julie K. Petersen Fiber optics illustrated dictionary http://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=084931349X 084931349X 1046 It is an alternative to a 0800 number where the callee bears the full cost of the call. en 2006 Frances Brassington; Stephen Pettitt Principles of marketing http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dBurtHQ-hiEC&dq=%220800+number%22&client=firefox-a&source=gbs_navlinks_s 0273695592 838 The important point about direct response is that it should not just be advertising with an 0800 number References 0800 number from Macmillan Dictionary 0800 number from Oxford English Dictionary online