- cold calls
- If you make cold calls, you telephone potential customers from a list of people you do not know.
In my first job I had to make cold calls using the telephone directory.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
cold calls
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make cold calls — If you make cold calls, you telephone potential customers from a list of people you do now know. In my first job I had to make cold calls using the telephone directory … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cold call — cold calls, cold calling, cold called 1) N COUNT If someone makes a cold call, they telephone or visit someone they have never contacted, without making an appointment, in order to try and sell something. She had worked as a call centre operator… … English dictionary
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cold caller — call call 2 noun [countable] 1. an attempt to speak to someone by telephone: • Calls cost 36p a minute cheap rate, 48p at all other times. • If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please give me a call on the number above. • Andrew Walker… … Financial and business terms
cold calling — call call 2 noun [countable] 1. an attempt to speak to someone by telephone: • Calls cost 36p a minute cheap rate, 48p at all other times. • If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please give me a call on the number above. • Andrew Walker… … Financial and business terms
cold call — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cold call : singular cold call plural cold calls an unexpected telephone call or visit by someone trying to sell something Derived words: cold call verb intransitive/transitive Word forms cold call : present… … English dictionary
cold calling — /kəυld kɔ:lɪŋ/ noun the act of making cold calls on potential customers ▪▪▪ ‘…the board is considering the introduction of a set of common provisions on unsolicited calls to investors. The board is aiming to permit the cold calling of customer… … Dictionary of banking and finance
cold call — noun : a telephone call soliciting business made directly to a potential customer without prior contact or without a lead • cold call ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ verb * * * ˌcold ˈcall [cold call cold calls cold called cold calling] … Useful english dictionary
cold call — a visit to an employer or customer without an appointment Sam got a job by making cold calls by knocking on doors and asking for work … English idioms
