WATS

WATS
/wots/
n. bulk-rate telephone service that enables a subscriber to make an unlimited number of long-distance telephone calls within a given service area for a fixed monthly charge or to receive calls from given areas with no charge to the caller.
[W(ide) A(rea) T(elecommunications) S(ervice)]

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