bn:00061103n
Noun Concept
Categories: American inventions, Vending, Articles with short description, 19th-century inventions, Public phones
EN
pay-phone  pay-station  payphone  pay phone  public telephone
Definitions
Examples
Relations
Sources
EN
A payphone is typically a coin-operated public telephone, often located in a telephone booth or in high-traffic public areas. Wikipedia
Typically a coin-operated public telephone Wikidata
A telephone with which the communication is payed by inserting money, a credit card, or a telephone card. OmegaWiki
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card. Wiktionary
A public telephone. Wiktionary (translation)
EN
I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab. Wiktionary