"collect call" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: collect calls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} collect call (plural collect calls)
  1. (Canada, US) A phone call paid for by the receiver (callee), as opposed to the caller. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Telephony Related terms: call collect [verb], home phone, landline, payphone Translations (a phone call paid for by the receiver): vastapuhelu (Finnish), PCV [masculine] (French), R-Gespräch [neuter] (German), تماس میزبانوار (Persian)

Inflected forms

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