COMMUNICATIONSaphoneservicethatallowsuserstostopreceivingcallsfromparticularnumbersorstopssomeone from makingcallstoparticularnumbers:You can usecallbarringtopreventsomeone from makinginternationalcalls.(Definition ofcall barringfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcall barring
call barringIn addition, some callers have 'anonymouscallbarring'.From theCambridge English CorpusCallbarringis available to all those using digital exchanges, which now cover large chunks of the country and will shortly cover the whole country.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Callbarringis effective, and it can be requested if one is on a digital exchange.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The current system ofcallbarringis akin to closing the gate after the horse has bolted.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0There are some telephones, however, which are connected to equipment which is not technically capable of individualcallbarringat present.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The operation is described ascallbarringand it is to stop the use of 0898 calls from a certain number.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It contains important information about thecallbarringservice and how people can avail themselves of it.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Access is dealt with through the widening availability ofcallbarring, itemised billing and controls on where the services can be advertised.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/call-barring##
