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telco.

A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛlˌkəʊ/UK
  1. A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom.

    informal
Where this word comes from

Diachronically, 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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