collect call

English

Noun

collect call (plural collect calls)

1. (Canada, US) A telephone call paid for by the receiver (callee), as opposed to the caller.

   Hello, operator — I'd like to make a collect call.

Usage notes

• The usage is arguably dated in the respect that, although the option still technically exists, its use is now unusual, whereas it once was common (from c. 1920s to the early 2000s).

Related terms

• (verb) call collect

Translations

a phone call paid for by the receiver

• Finnish: vastapuhelu
• French: PCV (fr) m
• German: R-Gespräch (de) n
• Persian: تماس میزبانوار
• Polish: rozmowa na koszt rozmówcy f

See also

• home phone
• landline
• payphone

Anagrams

• call collect