"call center" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: call centers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} call center (plural call centers)
  1. (business, telephony) A communications facility where phone calls are handled; especially, a commercial one for customer service, sales and telemarketing. Wikipedia link: call center Categories (topical): Business, Telephony Synonyms: call centre Translations (business location for calls): 呼叫中心 (hūjiào zhōngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), callcenter [neuter] (Dutch), puhelinpalvelukeskus (Finnish), centre d’appels [masculine] (French), Callcenter [neuter] (German), κέντρο κλήσεων (kéntro klíseon) [neuter] (Greek), コールセンター (kōrusentā) (Japanese), call center [neuter] (Polish), biuro obsługi klienta [neuter] (Polish), колл-це́нтр (koll-céntr) [masculine] (Russian), телефо́нный центр (telefónnyj centr) [masculine] (Russian), centro de llamadas [masculine] (Spanish), teletjänstcentral [common-gender] (Swedish), callcenter [neuter] (Swedish)

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