dialling tone
noun [C] UK (US dial tone)Definition
› COMMUNICATIONS the sound that you hear on a phone when you pick it up, before calling a number: She lifted the receiver and heard the dialling tone. → Compare ringtone
(Definition of dialling tone noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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