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/ˈpeɪˌfoʊn/ · noun
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card..
I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.
You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It costs a dollar a minute / To tell me you're getting sober
Use payphone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Payphone means A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card..
Common synonyms include tickey box.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.
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