toll-free

1. 1.

   having no toll levied for its use

   “a toll-free road”

   “a toll-free telephone number”

Questions about toll-free

What does toll-free mean?

toll-free means "having no toll levied for its use".

How many syllables are in toll-free?

toll-free has 2 syllables and divides as toll--free under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is toll-free a common word?

toll-free is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.