From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlong-distance calllong-distance callTCTa telephone call to a place that is far away OPP local → long-distance
Examples from the Corpus
long-distance call• Illiterates have no hope at all of calculating the expense of local service, let alone long-distance calls.• The company said it plans to offer wireless telephone service beginning Thursday, with discounted packages of local and long-distance calling.• Taking a long-distance call still causes a certain turbulence here.• Let us handle your long-distance calls, the letter said.• Starting in late 1984, other elements of long-distance calling will begin to change.. 