Translations for „collect call“ in the English » German Dictionary

col·ˈlect call N Am

collect call

R-Gespräch nt

to accept a collect call

ein R-Gespräch annehmen

to make a collect call

ein R-Gespräch anmelden

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

collect call

R-Gespräch nt

to call sb collect Am

jdn per R-Gespräch anrufen

to call collect Am

ein R-Gespräch führen

to make a collect call

ein R-Gespräch anmelden

to accept a collect call

ein R-Gespräch annehmen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This software implants can collect call metadata, location data and even turn on the phone's microphone to pick up conversations in the room.

www.gizmodo.com.au

Collect calls can be made from almost any public pay telephone in the world by following directions posted on or near the phone.

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Several companies offer services to place collect calls that compete with local service providers.

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When you're in jail, all the guys who you thought were your friends never come to see you, or take a collect call from you.

entertainment.inquirer.net

It was a collect call, and the man who answered the phone at the restaurant told the operator...

www.npr.org

A few businesses, eager to sell their products to buyers outside the local calling area, were willing to accept collect calls where they paid the cost of receiving telephone enquiries.

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Various schemes were devised to allow large organisations to automatically accept collect calls, where the recipient pays long-distance charges for any call from a predefined area.

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In general, customers can configure their landline or cell phone account to block attempted collect calls.

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A 15-minute in-state advance collect call will now cost $3.20.

www.denverpost.com

Fry requests a collect call, which the machine interprets as a slow and horrible death.

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