courtesy phone
noun
: a telephone that customers can use to call the company that provides it
He picked up the airport courtesy phone to call for a car.
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Schwartz said Levi checked in with him Saturday night in a courtesy phone call, friend speaking to friend.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Following Netanyahu’s close embrace of President Donald Trump and the GOP, Biden denied or delayed the usual courtesy phone calls and White House visits.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Nick Mullens, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Following Netanyahu’s close embrace of President Donald Trump and the GOP, Biden denied or delayed the usual courtesy phone calls and White House visits.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Nick Mullens, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023
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“Courtesy phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtesy%20phone. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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