单词 | to reverse charges |
释义 | > as lemmasto reverse (the) charges to reverse (the) charges: to make the recipient of a telephone call responsible for payment. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)] > reverse charges to reverse (the) charges1909 1909 3rd Ann. Rep. Commissioner of Health Pennsylvania 1908 392 You are then authorized..to telephone, reversing charges to this office for the necessary additional supply. 1912 Bull. Photogr. 12 June 791/1 We have a long-distance telephone in both our Brigden and Alvinston studios, and if you will tell Central to ‘reverse the charges’ it won't cost you a penny. 1951 ‘E. Crispin’ Long Divorce xiv. 172 If you want to go on talking we must reverse the charges. 1984 A. Oakley Taking it like Woman (1985) 36 In the early weeks I rang my parents frequently, always reversing the charges. 2004 I. Flick & H. Goodall Isabel Flick v. 109 I told him that you'd ring there and here's the number you can ring, reverse the charges. < as lemmas |
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