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Telephone calls and types of telephone call

call

noun

an act of telephoning someone

cold call

noun

an unexpected telephone call or visit by someone trying to sell something

collect call

noun

a phone call that the person you are calling agrees to pay for. The British word is reverse-charge call.

conference call

noun

a telephone call in which three or more people use special equipment that allows each of them to hear and speak with the others

courtesy call

noun

a visit or telephone call that you make to a customer in order to be polite

long-distance

adjective

a long-distance phone call is one that you make to someone far away

P2P

abbreviation

person-to-person

person-to-person

adjective

a person-to-person call is a telephone call that you ask the operator to arrange with a specific person, so that you do not have to pay for the call if they are not available

phone call

noun

an act of telephoning someone

prank call

noun

a telephone call in which the caller lies to or tricks the person they called

reverse-charge call

noun

a collect call

robocall

noun

an automatic telephone call that plays a recorded message. In the U.K. the call is often an attempt to sell something, while in the U.S. the calls are often made by political parties.

telephone call

noun

an occasion when you speak to someone on the telephone

cold-call

verb

cold calling

noun

robocall

verb

teleconference

verb

outside line/call

a telephone line/call that is connected to people in other places or organizations

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