"answerback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: answerbacks [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from answer back. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|answer back}} Deverbal from answer back Head templates: {{en-noun}} answerback (plural answerbacks)
  1. (telecommunications) A response to a message, originally in radio but now through other media. Categories (topical): Telecommunications

Inflected forms

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