reverse the charges

  • 1reverse the charges — To charge a telephone call to the person who receives it instead of to the caller • • • Main Entry: ↑reverse * * * reverse the charges british phrase to make the person who you are calling on the telephone agree to pay for the call Thesaurus:… …

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  • 2reverse the charges — reverse (the) charges UK (US call collect) ► COMMUNICATIONS to make a phone call that is paid for by the person who receives it: »Call me from the airport and reverse the charges. Main Entry: ↑reverse …

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  • 3reverse the charges — ► reverse the charges chiefly Brit. make the recipient of a telephone call responsible for payment. Main Entry: ↑reverse …

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  • 4Reverse the charges — When you want to ring someone up and you have no money you can call the operator and ask to reverse the charges in the UK. In the US you would call collect …

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  • 5reverse the charges — make the recipient of a telephone call responsible for payment. → reverse …

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  • 6reverse the charges — British to make the person who you are calling on the telephone agree to pay for the call …

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  • 7reverse — ► VERB 1) move backwards. 2) make (something) the opposite of what it was. 3) turn the other way round or up or inside out. 4) revoke or annul (a judgement by a lower court or authority). 5) (of an engine) work in a contrary direction. ►… …

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  • 8reverse charges — reverse (the) charges UK (US call collect) ► COMMUNICATIONS to make a phone call that is paid for by the person who receives it: »Call me from the airport and reverse the charges. Main Entry: ↑reverse …

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  • 9reverse — An informal name for a reverse repurchase agreement. American Banker Glossary * * * ▪ I. reverse re‧verse 1 [rɪˈvɜːs ǁ ɜːrs] verb [transitive] 1. to change something such as a decision, judgement, or process so that it is the opposite of what it… …

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  • 10reverse — re|verse1 [rıˈvə:s US ə:rs] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(opposite)¦ 2¦(car)¦ 3¦(change position/purpose)¦ 4¦(turn something over)¦ 5 reverse yourself 6 reverse the charges ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(OPPOSITE)¦ [T] to change something, such as a decision, judgment, or process …

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