payphone

1. A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.

   I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.

   Münztelefon, Münzfernsprecher

   таксофо́нtaksofón, телефо́н-автома́тtelefón-avtomát, обще́ственный телефо́нobščéstvennyj telefón

   таксофо́нtaksofón

1. Tom called Mary from a payphone.

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2. The nearest payphone is five miles away.

   deBis zur nächsten Telefonzelle sind es acht Kilometer. — Waldelfe

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3. Can you tell me where's the nearest payphone?

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4. Do you know where there's a public payphone?

   deWeißt du, wo ein öffentlicher Münzfernsprecher ist? — franzc424

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5. Do you know where a public payphone is?

   deWeißt du, wo ein öffentlicher Münzfernsprecher ist? — franzc424

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