CALL IN Definition & Meaning

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call in

[ kawl in ]

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verb phrase

to call for payment; collect:
The family struggled because her father was unwilling to call in the debts owed to him.
to call upon for consultation; ask for help:
Management called in an independent engineering firm to determine the cause behind the roof collapse.
to inform, report, or request by telephone:
The electric company will reward customers with a credit if they call in their own meter readings.
Your doctor can call in the prescription to your local pharmacy.
to participate in a meeting or a radio or television program by telephone:
The listeners who call in to my talk show about science ask the most intriguing questions.
to visit:
We were instructed to call in to the office later to pay and complete the formal paperwork.
to withdraw from circulation:
The country’s leader issued a proclamation calling in all gold coins and gold certificates.

noun

Radio and Television. a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
Radio and Television. a live telephone conversation intended for broadcasting between a program's host and a person being interviewed.

adjective

Radio and Television. relating to or featuring such phone calls or conversations:
My call-in program about gardening airs once a week on the local public radio station.
being or relating to a meeting, service, etc., that is accessed by telephone:
The agenda will be sent out the morning of the meeting, along with all the call-in numbers needed.
The grant funds a call-in hotline for low-income residents in the metro area.

call in

verb

introften foll byon to pay a visit, esp a brief or informal one
call in if you are in the neighbourhood
tr to demand payment of
to call in a loan
tr to take (something) out of circulation, because it is defective or no longer useful
tr to summon to one's assistance
they had to call in a specialist

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of call in¹

First recorded in 1480–90

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Sir Sadiq Khan may be able to "call in" licensing applications in areas deemed to be of strategic importance for the night-time economy as part of a new pilot scheme.

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During its quarterly earnings call in February, Nvidia Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress said the effect of tariffs are “an unknown” until the company can “understand further what the U.S. government’s plan is.”

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