Collect Call (Noun)
Meaning
A telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The operator asked if she would accept a collect call from her husband.
- She refused to accept the collect call from her ex-boyfriend.
- He tried to make a collect call from the payphone but the operator wouldn't allow it.
- The inmate was only allowed to make collect calls to his family members.
- The person on the other end of the line asked if she would accept a collect call from the prison.