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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural a telephone book or part of a book in which the telephone numbers and often advertisements of business enterprises are listed in numerous sections, organized by the category of the business, the categories themselves being arranged alphabetically; a classified telephone directory. So called because for many years the listing thus organized was printed on yellow paper, to distinguish it from the white pages containing the names of individuals, listed alphabetically by last name. The yellow pages are usually bound together with the white pages in the telephone book distributed by the telephone company to its subscribers. The name was adopted by companies not affiliated with the telephone company, for the classified business directories that they sell.
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- noun a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising
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Examples
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Walsh has proved she's the sort of woman you can let loose in London armed with the Yellow Pages and an order to find a skeleton and a commode and she will deliver.
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Myers Report (www. myersreport.com) projects Yellow Pages advertising will decline 12 percent in 2009 and 6 to 10 percent in 2010, following a four percent dip in 2008.
Jack Myers: Print Media Face Staggering Challenges for the Foreseeable Future 2009
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In several ways. " and "Google is ramping up a direct ad sales force and turning into the Yellow Pages, where it suits them.
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In several ways. " and "Google is ramping up a direct ad sales force and turning into the Yellow Pages, where it suits them.
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In several ways. " and "Google is ramping up a direct ad sales force and turning into the Yellow Pages, where it suits them.
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Let your fingers do the walking to the World Wide Web. where several companies are making the national Yellow Pages listings available online.
More Finger Walking 2008
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All he had to do was put in a call to du Pont or just check in Yellow Pages.
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Crack open the Yellow Pages and look up “Liquor Stores.”
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Crack open the Yellow Pages and look up “Liquor Stores.”
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Crack open the Yellow Pages and look up “Liquor Stores.”
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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