1. A telephone call made outside the local calling area
   "I talked to her by long-distance call";
   - long distance, trunk call [Brit]
    
2. A long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate
   "She had to make a long-distance call to reach her family in another state";
   - toll call [N. Amer]

Derived forms: long-distance calls

Type of: call, phone call, telephone call

Encyclopedia: Long-distance call