Definition of Call-back

1. Noun. A return call.

Generic synonyms: Call, Phone Call, Telephone Call
Derivative terms: Call Back

2. Noun. The recall of an employee after a layoff.
Generic synonyms: Employment, Engagement
Derivative terms: Call Back

Lexicographical Neighbors of Call-back

calix
calixarene
calixarenes
calk
calked
calker
calkers
calkin
calking
calkings
calkins
calks
call'd
call't
call-back (current term)
call-board
call-boy
call-by-future
call-by-name
call-by-need
call-by-reference
call-by-value
call-in
call-in show
call-out
call-outs
call-up
call 'em as one sees 'em
call a spade a spade

Literary usage of Call-back

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Salesmanship and Sales Management by John George Jones (1917)
"The "call-back"—This brings us to the "callback." The man selling staples and calling on his regular trade is continually calling back. ..."

2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... or call back, met from evil -CLAIM-INO. courses, and, cons, to re- -LESS. store, to reform, to recover ; to restore or reduce to order. ..."

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