incall en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *gels-der. Proto-Indo-European *golsos Proto-Germanic *kalzazder. Proto-Germanic *kalzōną Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn Old English cealliander. Old English *callian Middle English callen English call English incall From in- + call.
Meanings
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A visit by a client to a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute.
Some massage therapists only provide incall services because of the travel and setup times required for outcalls. A few massage therapists only provide outcalls because they do not have an office. When setting your rates, […]
2014, Stephen McEvoy, Becoming a Professional Massage Therapist: Getting to Your Destination, Stephen A. McEvoy, →ISBN, page 33:
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(nonstandard, possibly, rare) An incoming call (on a telephone).
In a mobile communications system including a mobile telephone, a home mobile switching center containing a subscriber […] a method of seamlessly routing an incall from the originating mobile switching center to the visited mobile switching center […]
2002, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, page 579:Designers try to introduce as many new elements as possible into the design, such as the shell form, the powder box form, the twinkling light effect signaling an incall and double folding screens. "The time is ripe for the feminine cellphone […]"
2005, Beijing Review, page 212:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incalls | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| in-call | alternative | lexicographic |