(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.
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(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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