telco
A telephone company; a telecommunications company, a telecomA telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom.
Translations
3 languagesMeaning
1 senses(informal)A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom.
Telefongesellschaft
телефо́нная компа́нияtelefónnaja kompánija
- a public utility that provides telephone service
Origin
Diachronically, from tel + Co., from the collocation of Tel. Co. as seen, for example, inDiachronically, from tel + Co., from the collocation of Tel. Co. as seen, for example, in Bell Tel. Co. or the names of countless local telephone exchange companies (e.g., Savannah Valley Tel. Co., Mutual Tel. Co., Tarrytown Tel. Co.), by abbreviation in the late 19th through mid-20th centuries; synchronically also a clipped compound as tel(ephone) + co(mpany).
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