Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
call collect
English answer:
explanation below
Added to glossary by
Valeria Verona
Sep 3, 2004 03:37
20 yrs ago
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English term
India
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call collect
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For questions contact:
- Your immediate supervisor or manager, or
- Outside North America and Puerto Rico CALL COLLECT: (U.S.)XXXX(Telephone Number)
What is meant by call collect. Thanks in anticipation.
- Your immediate supervisor or manager, or
- Outside North America and Puerto Rico CALL COLLECT: (U.S.)XXXX(Telephone Number)
What is meant by call collect. Thanks in anticipation.
Responses
| 5 +14 | explanation... |
Valeria Verona
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| 5 +4 | accepts the charges for the call |
claire1
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Valeria Verona
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explanation...
When you call collect someone, the person you are calling will pay the call, not you.
Good luck.
V.
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Note added at 2 mins (2004-09-03 03:40:05 GMT)
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i.e. The person making the phone call is not charged for it.
Good luck.
V.
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Note added at 2 mins (2004-09-03 03:40:05 GMT)
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i.e. The person making the phone call is not charged for it.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to both of you. Is free phone the same concept?"
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16 mins
accepts the charges for the call
a collect call means that the person being called accepts and thus will be billed for the call. In Canada, you dial a code and then the persons phone number, and a recorded system asks the receiver of the call to declare that they accept the charges. Once they do so, you are connected to that person..
Peer comment(s):
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Kristina Thorne
1 hr
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| agree |
humbird
: So I assume there is no such phone system in India.
1 hr
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| agree |
airmailrpl
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3 hrs
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| agree |
Ingrid Petit
12 hrs
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