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noun
a long-distance telephone call that is to be paid for by the person or station receiving it.
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Origin of collect call
First recorded in 1965β70
Words nearby collect call
colleague, colleagues, collect, collectable, collectanea, collect call, collected, collected edition, collectible, collecting tubule, collection
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How to use collect call in a sentence
Heβs trying to raise his children through collect calls, 15 minutes at a time.
'You Have One Minute Remaining.' Why I'll Always Drop Everything to Answer My Brother's Calls From Prison|Reuben Jonathan Miller|February 16, 2021|TimeWhile the agents did verify that Tessier made the collect call he said he did, the ticket blew a huge hole in his alibi.
This was a collect call placed from Canada to the police department?
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy