pay stationn.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪ ˌsteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪ ˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pay n., station n.

Etymology: < pay n. + station n.

1. An office at which payments, as wages, social security benefits, etc., are issued. Now rare.

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1878 Times 16 Mar. 6/1 The appendix to the War Office Circular of the 1st of September, 1877, showed that there were 70 sub-districts, each of which had an average of 20 pay stations.

1882 Harper's Mag. Feb. 405/1 At the pay stations we breast our way through crowds of the peons... Their money is jingled expeditiously out into the shabby straw sombreros they hold in waiting, through a pay window.

1923 Times 10 Mar. 7/2 Yesterday five hundred unemployed men..took possession of the pay station at the Grove-street Mission, and brought the work of the pay clerks to a standstill.

2. U.S. A public payphone; (also) a location in which public payphones are available.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone booth

call box1877

telephone box1878

call office1882

call room1882

pay station1888

telephone booth1888

public telephone1889

phone box1890

telephone kiosk1890

phone booth1904

coin-box1906

box1922

kiosk1928

booth1930

phone kiosk1955

paybox1975

1888 Cent. Mag. June 307/1 At Sam Brassey's suggestion the post-office had been arranged as a public pay station of the Seaside Hotel Telephone Company.

1906 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 21 126 The lack of adequate public pay stations prevented the popularization of the telephone, and restricted its use to the wealthy classes.

1948 Time 21 June 2 When you drop a nickel in a pay station and dial a call..as many as 1000 telephone relays go into action.

1974 Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald 24 Apr. a3/4 Police said Norton had answered a call from two men using a pay station, asking that a cab pick them up at a motel.

2001 Macon (Georgia) Tel. (Nexis) 22 Apr. c1 BellSouth announced in February it will eliminate pay station service, saying the proliferation of cellular telephones and interactive wireless devices has caused pay phone use to decline over recent years.

3. A point (esp. one in a car park) at which payments are made.

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1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. v. 1/5 (caption) Customer, top, uses new computerized pay station for parking at Seventh Market Place in Downtown Los Angeles.

1994 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 3 b People who want to reopen the track for racing say that it will work if you let bettors wager their money at pay stations away from the track.

2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Aug. 1 As we were paying on our way out we stopped and had a chat to the pay station bloke who was being very friendly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pay station
释义	pay stationn. Brit. /ˈpeɪ ˌsteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈpeɪ ˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pay n., station n. Etymology: < pay n. + station n. 1. An office at which payments, as wages, social security benefits, etc., are issued. Now rare. ΚΠ 1878 Times 16 Mar. 6/1 The appendix to the War Office Circular of the 1st of September, 1877, showed that there were 70 sub-districts, each of which had an average of 20 pay stations. 1882 Harper's Mag. Feb. 405/1 At the pay stations we breast our way through crowds of the peons... Their money is jingled expeditiously out into the shabby straw sombreros they hold in waiting, through a pay window. 1923 Times 10 Mar. 7/2 Yesterday five hundred unemployed men..took possession of the pay station at the Grove-street Mission, and brought the work of the pay clerks to a standstill. 2. U.S. A public payphone; (also) a location in which public payphones are available. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone booth call box1877 telephone box1878 call office1882 call room1882 pay station1888 telephone booth1888 public telephone1889 phone box1890 telephone kiosk1890 phone booth1904 coin-box1906 box1922 kiosk1928 booth1930 phone kiosk1955 paybox1975 1888 Cent. Mag. June 307/1 At Sam Brassey's suggestion the post-office had been arranged as a public pay station of the Seaside Hotel Telephone Company. 1906 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 21 126 The lack of adequate public pay stations prevented the popularization of the telephone, and restricted its use to the wealthy classes. 1948 Time 21 June 2 When you drop a nickel in a pay station and dial a call..as many as 1000 telephone relays go into action. 1974 Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald 24 Apr. a3/4 Police said Norton had answered a call from two men using a pay station, asking that a cab pick them up at a motel. 2001 Macon (Georgia) Tel. (Nexis) 22 Apr. c1 BellSouth announced in February it will eliminate pay station service, saying the proliferation of cellular telephones and interactive wireless devices has caused pay phone use to decline over recent years. 3. A point (esp. one in a car park) at which payments are made. ΚΠ 1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. v. 1/5 (caption) Customer, top, uses new computerized pay station for parking at Seventh Market Place in Downtown Los Angeles. 1994 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 3 b People who want to reopen the track for racing say that it will work if you let bettors wager their money at pay stations away from the track. 2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Aug. 1 As we were paying on our way out we stopped and had a chat to the pay station bloke who was being very friendly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1878
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