collect call
co
kə
kē
llect
ˈlɛkt
lekt
call
kɔ:l
kawl
/kəlˈɛkt kˈɔːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "collect call"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ•āϞ, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€āϤāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϞ

a phone call that the person who receives it agrees to pay for, instead of the caller
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The operator asked if I wanted to accept the collect call from the prison.
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ