a telephone call for which you will pay all charges for that telephone call

A type of call whereby the person being called agrees to pay the charges. This is also referred to as "reversing the charges".

A telephone call in which the charges are paid by the recipient of the call rather than the person who makes the call.

Telephone call that is paid for by the called party.

For a collect call, the called party accepts the charges. This is done through a live operator or is automated, where the caller's voice is recorded and played to the person called.

A collect call in the USA and Canada or reverse charge in the UK and other countries (or calling collect) is a telephone call in which the calling party wants to place a call at the called party's expense. In the past, collect calls were only possible as an operator-assisted call, but with the introduction of computer-based telephone dialing equipment, it is now possible to place a collect call without using an operator. Several companies offer services to place collect calls that compete with local service providers.