call center

American  

[kawl sen-ter] / ˈkɔl ˌsɛn tər /

noun

• call centers
  plural

1. an office or department that makes and receives a high volume of phone calls for an enterprise, as outbound sales and telemarketing calls or inbound customer service and technical support calls.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• call centers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of call center

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

call center

You can only book it by calling a call center.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026

Merging with the call center, however, turned out to be major undertaking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

My mom worked a number of service jobs over the course of her life, whether it was as a baker or a florist at a grocery store or working at a customer call center.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

Dealing with a call center or an automated teller might have been exasperating.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

Therefore, the total cost of each call center operator is actually around $500 per month when they start out and closer to $600 to $700 per month after six months.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman