"cold calling" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cold calling (uncountable)
  1. (marketing) The practice of making unsolicited telephone calls or house calls to potential clients, voters or other groups in order to drum up custom or investigate intentions Wikipedia link: cold calling Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Marketing Related terms: cold emailing Translations (unsolicited sales call): cold calling [masculine] (French), puerta fría (english: house calls) [feminine] (Spanish), llamada en frío (english: telephone calls) [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cold_calling-en-noun-57C-fNH6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, marketing

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