to call sb collect
1call someone collect — american phrase to make a phone call that is paid for by the person who receives the call. The British expression is reverse the charges . Thesaurus: using a telephonehyponym Main entry: collect …
2call someone collect — American to make a phone call that is paid for by the person who receives the call. The British expression is reverse the charges …
3Call — An option that gives the right to buy the underlying futures contract. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. call call 1 [kɔːl ǁ kɒːl] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to telephone someone: • She called the airport to ask about… …
4call — The period at market opening or closing during which futures contract prices are established by auction. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary An option that grants the holder the right to purchase an instrument in the future at a price established… …
5collect call — noun a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for • Hypernyms: ↑call, ↑phone call, ↑telephone call * * * a long distance telephone call that is to be paid for by the person or station receiving it. [1965 70] * * * collect call UK …
6collect — col|lect1 [ kə lekt ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to get things and keep them together for a particular reason: A lot of families collect newspapers for recycling. a ) to get and keep objects because they are interesting or valuable: I didn t know… …
7collect call — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms collect call : singular collect call plural collect calls American a reverse charge call …
8collect — I UK [kəˈlekt] / US verb Word forms collect : present tense I/you/we/they collect he/she/it collects present participle collecting past tense collected past participle collected *** 1) [transitive] to get things and keep them together for a… …
9Call option — This article is about financial options. For call options in general, see Option (law). A call option, often simply labeled a call , is a financial contract between two parties, the buyer and the seller of this type of option.[1] The buyer of the …
10Call — (k[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Called} (k[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calling}] [OE. callen, AS. ceallian; akin to Icel. & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG. kall[=o]n to call; cf. Gr. ghry ein to speak, sing, Skr. gar to praise …