Neighbor systems were often close enough to avoid all but the most basic charges for telephone calls.

The annual basic charge for a home phone in the 1890's was about $100, or more than $2,200 in today's dollars.

She offered a very basic yet profound charge: find a purpose.

Except as noted, the fees of the following services are included in the basic charge.

Compuserve's basic charge is $8.95 a month, but the newspaper services cost $8 to $16 an hour.

The basic charge is $18 a month for each phone, plus 38 cents a minute.

Then we did the whole thing again, at no addition to the basic charge of $18 a person.

The central government also permitted local authorities to provide extra services in addition to the ones covered by the basic charge.

He never denied the Government's basic charge, only questioning whether or not it was criminal.

With only a few exceptions all those aged 18 or over are liable to pay the same basic charge.