call+to+answer

  • 11call — 1 vt 1: to announce or recite loudly call ed the civil trial list 2: to admit (a person) as a barrister was call ed to the bar 3: to demand payment of esp. by formal notice call …

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  • 12Answer — An swer, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. [root]177, 196. See {Anti }, and {Swear}, and cf. 1st {un }.] 1. A reply to a charge; a defense. [1913 Webster] At my first answer no man stood with me. 2 Tim. iv. 16. [1913 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Call completion — is a telephony feature allowing some form of alternative interaction between parties who cannot converse directly with each other.There are several possible factors which can prevent a call from connecting successfully: * User does not answer *… …

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  • 14Call forwarding — (or call diverting), in telephony, is a feature on some telephone networks that allows an incoming call to a called party, which would be otherwise unavailable, to be redirected to a mobile telephone or other telephone number where the desired… …

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  • 15call on/upon — [phrasal verb] 1 call on/upon (someone or something) : to ask (someone or something) to do something : to say that someone or something should do something followed by to + verb The opposition has called on/upon the governor to resign. [=the… …

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  • 16Call Avoidance — is a popular strategyFact|date=January 2008 implemented to reduce inbound call volumes to contact centers in the customer service industry, particularly in the consumer market. It is based on the fact that person to person service calls are time… …

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  • 17call waiting — ˌcall ˈwaiting noun [uncountable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS a system that allows you to receive a telephone call, but make the caller wait, while you are speaking to someone else on the telephone: • When you are on the phone, the call waiting system… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 18call center — call ,center noun count a place where a large number of people are employed to make telephone calls, either in order to sell a product or service, or to answer customers questions, complaints, requests for service, etc.: call center… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19call waiting — call wait|ing [ kɔl ,weıtıŋ ] noun uncount a system that lets you answer a second telephone call without ending your first telephone call …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20call centre — call .centre BrE call center AmE n an office where people answer customers questions, make sales etc by using the telephone rather than by meeting people …

    Dictionary of contemporary English