Oftel
/ˈɒftɛl/(also OFTEL)
noun
The Office of Telecommunications, a regulatory body set up in 1984 to supervise the operation of the British telecommunications industry, after the privatization of British Telecommunications plc.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Financial Times. From Of- + tel-.
- padded bra
- padded cell
- padded envelope
- padded room
- padded shoulder
- padder
- padder tennis
- paddhereen
- padding
- padding ken
- padding stitch
- rural municipality
- ruralness
- rural route
- rural school
- rural science
- rural slum
- rural tribe
- rural urbanization
- rural–urban
- rurban
- rurbanisation
- rurbanism
- rurbanist
- rurbanization