"call collect" meaning in English

See call collect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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), appeler en PCV (French), dzwonić na koszt rozmówcy [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-call_collect-en-verb-CffKvV6t Disambiguation of Telephony: 86 14 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 69 31 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], prank (english: method for limited but free communication)

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calling collect",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called collect",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
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      "word": "prank"
    }
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "62 38",
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          "_dis": "71 29",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "kind": "topical",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "In the days of payphones, if you had no coins, you could call collect and hope that the callee would accept the charges.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call."
      ],
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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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        "intransitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call",
          "word": "soittaa vastapuhelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call",
          "word": "appeler en PCV"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dzwonić na koszt rozmówcy"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Call me what you want — just don’t call me collect.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Please call me to let me know you’re safe — you’re welcome to call me collect.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To call (someone) in this way."
      ],
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        "(US, transitive) To call (someone) in this way."
      ],
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        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
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  ],
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "Ireland"
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      "word": "reverse the charge"
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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      "form": "calls collect",
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        "present",
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    },
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "called collect",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "called collect",
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        "past"
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      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "collect call"
    },
    {
      "english": "method for limited but free communication",
      "word": "prank"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "American English",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "In the days of payphones, if you had no coins, you could call collect and hope that the callee would accept the charges.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call."
      ],
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        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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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        "US",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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        "English transitive verbs"
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          "text": "Call me what you want — just don’t call me collect.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Please call me to let me know you’re safe — you’re welcome to call me collect.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To call (someone) in this way."
      ],
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        "(US, transitive) To call (someone) in this way."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "Ireland"
      ],
      "word": "reverse the charge"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call",
      "word": "soittaa vastapuhelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call",
      "word": "appeler en PCV"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make a phone call paid by the person receiving the call",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dzwonić na koszt rozmówcy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call collect"
}

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