collect call

Noun

Meaning

a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

call buzz ring phone call crank call toll-free call telephone call trunk call toll call long-distance call local call telephone conversation call collect reverse charge operator collect call

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

put down the phone hang up the phone hang up the receiver

Hypernyms

call phone call telephone call

Related terms

call collect

Examples

I disconnected as a sleepy Seth stepped out of the bedroom. "Who's Dante? Was that a collect call to the Inferno?” "They won't accept the charges,” I murmured. Richelle Mead

Close letter words and terms

colleagueship collect collect book collect dust collect oneself collect skin