(US, transitive) To call (someone) in this way.
(US, transitive) To call (someone) in this way.
Please call me to let me know you’re safe — you’re welcome to call me collect.
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(North America) A telephone call paid for by the receiver (callee), as opposed to the caller.
(transitive, ) To collect an object, especially in passing.
(transitive, idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service.
(US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
(US, intransitive) To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call; to place a collect call.
In the days of payphones, if you had no coins, you could call collect and hope that the callee would accept the charges.
Call collect means: To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call; to place a collect call.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. As a place or proper-name reference it is purely descriptive. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
call collect means: To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call; to place a collect call.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.