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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Telecommunications.
  • noun A telecommunications company.

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  • noun informal Telecommunication.
  • noun informal A telco or telephone company.

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  • noun (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically

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Short for telecommunication, or for telephone company.

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