"call collect" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: calls collect [present, singular, third-person], calling collect [participle, present], called collect [participle, past], called collect [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call collect (third-person singular simple present calls collect, present participle calling collect, simple past and past participle called collect)
  1. (US, intransitive) To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call. Tags: US, intransitive Categories (topical): Telephony Translations (to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call): soittaa vastapuhelu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-call_collect-en-verb-CffKvV6t Disambiguation of Telephony: 86 14 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call': 92 8
  2. (US, transitive) To call (someone) in this way. Tags: US, transitive
    Sense id: en-call_collect-en-verb-R2IR4uBv Categories (other): American English, English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reverse the charge [Britain, Ireland] Related terms: collect call [noun]

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        "(US, intransitive) To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call."
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