Outcall
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A visit by a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute, to a client.
"Some massage therapists only provide incall services because of the travel and setup times required for outcalls. A few massage therapists only provide outcalls because they do not have an office. When setting your rates, […]"
- 2 An outgoing telephone call. nonstandard, possibly, rare
"They charge for business telephones $25 and 2 cents per outcall. Let us see what that means. I do not suppose that any man who uses a telephone in his business makes less than five calls a day; that is 10 cents a day or $30 a year."
- 1 To surpass in calling. transitive
"I […] saw as usual great numbers of Cuckoos […] most of them calling vociferously, each apparently trying to outcall the other."
- 2 make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game wordnet
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More examples"Some massage therapists only provide incall services because of the travel and setup times required for outcalls. A few massage therapists only provide outcalls because they do not have an office. When setting your rates, […]"
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