hotline

noun

  1. A usually toll-free telephone service available to the public or to a group of people for some specific purpose

    "a suicide prevention hotline"

  2. A direct telephone line in constant operational readiness so as to facilitate immediate communication

    "John Sullivan told the independent news outlet Novaya Gazeta that an emergency hotline between Washington and Moscow, set up in the Cold War … , was still in existence."

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