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Meaning of "collect call" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLLECT CALL

collect call  [kəˈlɛkt kɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLLECT CALL

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Collect call is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLLECT CALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Collect call

A collect call in Canada, Pakistan, and the United States, known as a reverse charge call in the majority of the English-speaking world, is a telephone call in which the calling party wants to place a call at the called party's expense. In the past, collect calls were only possible as an operator-assisted call, but with the introduction of computer-based telephone dialing equipment, it is now possible to place a collect call without using an operator, which is called automated operator services as opposed to Home Country Direct. Several companies offer services to place collect calls that compete with local service providers. Collect calls can be made from almost any public pay telephone in the world by following directions posted on or near the phone. Collect calling has been in constant decline since the advent of cellular phones and VOIP products such as Skype. While Mother's Day has the highest number of phone calls, the most collect calls are made on Father's Day. Other forms of paid communication, such as telegrams and mail, could also be sent as "collect".

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLLECT CALL


all
ɔːl
ball
bɔːl
baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
call
kɔːl
fall
fɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
hall
hɔːl
install
ɪnˈstɔːl
jackal
ˈdʒækɔːl
McCall
məˈkɔːl
Nepal
nɪˈpɔːl
outcall
ˈaʊtˌkɔːl
overall
ˈəʊvərˌɔːl
Paul
pɔːl
photocall
ˈfəʊtəʊkɔːl
recall
rɪˈkɔːl
robocall
ˈrəʊbəʊˌkɔːl
Rockall
ˈrɒkɔːl
scall
skɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLLECT CALL

collect
collect on delivery
collectable
collectanea
collected
collected works
collectedly
collectedness
collectible
collecting
collecting bank
collecting box
collecting tin
collection
collection box
collection charges
collection plate
collection point
collection tin
collective

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLLECT CALL

alarm call
clarion call
close call
conference call
curtain call
emergency call
follow-up call
house call
line call
local call
long-distance call
on call
phone call
photo call
port of call
roll call
telephone call
too close to call
total recall
video call
wake-up call

Synonyms and antonyms of collect call in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «collect call» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLLECT CALL

Find out the translation of collect call to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of collect call from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «collect call» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

对方付费电话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llamada por cobrar
570 millions of speakers

English

collect call
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कॉल इकट्ठा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جمع دعوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

собирать вызов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ligação a cobrar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কল সংগ্রহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

virés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kumpulkan panggilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

R-Gespräch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コレクトコール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수신자 부담 전화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngumpulake telpon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thu thập cuộc gọi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழைப்பு சேகரிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉल गोळा करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ödemeli arama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raccogliere chiamata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbierać połączenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збирати виклик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colecta apel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συλλέγουν κλήση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

versamel oproep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samla samtal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

samle samtale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of collect call

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLECT CALL»

The term «collect call» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.508 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLECT CALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about collect call

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLECT CALL»

Discover the use of collect call in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to collect call and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mexico's Pacific Coast
... (collect call) can cost the receiving party much more than if they call you, so you may prefer to pay for a quick call to the other party to ask them to call you back. If you need to make a collect call, you can do so from pay phones without a card.
Danny Palmerlee, Sandra Bao, 2003
2
Frommer's Kenya and Tanzania
To call Uganda from Kenya, dial 006 followed by the area code and number, while calls to Tanzania require the prefix 007. Kenya and Tanzania have discontinued their “collect call” facilities. Toll-free numbers in the U.S. cannot be accessed ...
Keith Bain, Pippa de Bruyn, Lizzie Williams, 2010
3
Contemporary Medical Office Procedures
A collect call can be station-to-station or person-to-person. You should not accept a collect call unless the caller's identity is clear and office policy permits acceptance. Some medical offices will accept collect calls from patients with an ...
Doris Humphrey, 2004
4
Earth and Water: Encounters in Viet Nam
I'd like to make a collect call," I said with a smile, as if she wouldn't remember me, as if the moming were simply a crowded dream. "No collect calls." There it was again, a steely voice in a silk outfit. I was jolted awake. With great determination I  ...
Edith Shillue, 1997
5
Portraits of Human Behavior and Performance: The Human ...
However, when it was time to mail the bill, we realized that the phone to which the collect call was placed did not belong to the individual who received the call. Instead, such phones were usually public (pay) phones. What was happening was ...
Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo, 2001
6
Lonely Planet Yucatan
If you do need to make a collect call, you can do so from card phones without a card. Call an operator at %020 for domestic calls, or %090 for international calls, or use a 'home country direct' service through which you make an international ...
Daniel C. Schechter, Ray Bartlett, 2006
7
Technology Tips for Small Business
The Collect Call scam works when you accept a call from an operator asking to accept an urgent collect call. Once the call is accepted, you are billed for the collect call charges. The best policy is to never accept collect calls. If you do only do ...
Steven G. Atkinson, 2007
8
Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe II
He says, "I'm making a collect call. It'll get charged to my home." "You have to bring us a credit card or twenty-five dollars cash in order to make a collect phone call, sir." "It's a collect call. Everywhere in the universe, you make a collect call and ...
Sonny Brewer, 2003
9
Africa & Mideast Telecom Monthly Newsletter December 2009
Zain Nigeria chooses Telenity's mobile collect call application Telenity, a provider of next-generation converged services platforms and applications for communications networks, announced that Zain Nigeria has chosen Telenity's mobile ...
Hui Pan, Editor
10
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Japanese
The number to remember for a collect call is ... Collect Call (KDD): 0051 When you call, the operator will answer like this: Hai, KDD-desu. "This is KDD." You could speak in English because the operator will probably be bilingual: Ego-de ...
Naoya Fujita, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLECT CALL»

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Captive market: Group asks FCC to stop profits from inmates' phone …
... County jail in New Philadelphia want to make a phone call, they have to purchase a calling card from the commissary or make a collect call. «New Philadelphia Times Reporter, Jul 15»
2
Hamming it up
That broadcaster would put through a collect call and the Gardner family would get to talk back and forth. Today in light of the Internet, satellites, ... «Jacksonville Daily News, Jul 15»
3
You are here
So Prohm walked down the corner, found a pay phone and placed a collect call to his parents. “I was like, 'What am I doing? What am I doing? «Bayoubuzz, Jun 15»
4
Dial M for memories: StoryShare is catching on at the senior center
The Bainbridge Island Senior Center's Collect Call Phone Booth has already logged nearly six hours of memories. — image credit: Luciano ... «Bainbridge Island Review, Jun 15»
5
Wry & Ginger: An olio of musings to stew over
How long has it been since you last (a) received a picture postcard from friends or relatives on vacation, (b) got a “collect call” from anybody ... «Butler County Times Gazette, Jun 15»
6
Sandy Moore retiring after three decades at TB&LN
“The secretary answering the call had a fit and couldn't imagine anyone from a newspaper placing a collect call to their office. The attorney ... «Tulsa World, Jun 15»
7
Form 6-K FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDIN For: Jun 22
... please consult your professional advisors or contact DF King by toll-free telephone in North America at 1-866-822-1240 or collect call outside ... «StreetInsider.com, Jun 15»
8
ZINK: Coach Eatinger always points out positive way
“I got a call from from a California State Correctional Institution about 10 years ago and they asked me if I'd accept a collect call,” Eatinger said. «Press-Enterprise, Jun 15»
9
Phone calls now cheaper at WV prisons, but not jails
In comparison, under the previous contact, a 15-minute collect call out-of-state would have cost about $8, while an in-state prepaid 15-minute ... «Charleston Gazette, Jun 15»
10
A Lot of Google Play Store Apps Have Data Miners
She also said that free flashlight apps are apparently specially created with many trackers which can collect call logs, photos or even location ... «The Monitor Daily, Jun 15»

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