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call collect en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (US, intransitive) To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call; to place a collect call.
    • In the days of payphones, if you had no coins, you could call collect and hope that the callee would accept the charges.
  2. (US, transitive) To call (someone) in this way.
    • Please call me to let me know you’re safe — you’re welcome to call me collect.
    • Call me what you want — just don’t call me collect.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
calling collect Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
called collect Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
called collect Tense=Past lexicographic
calls collect Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

collect call · prank

Synonyms

reverse the charge

Translations (3)

pl dzwonić na koszt rozmówcy (to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call) · fi soittaa vastapuhelu (to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call) · fr appeler en PCV (to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call)