ringback

See also: ring back

English

Etymology

Deverbal from ring back.[1]

Noun

ringback (uncountable)

  1. (telecommunications) The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone they are calling is ringing.
  2. (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

  1. ^ “ringback, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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