Used attributively, chiefly before "call", meaning "with the charges to be paid by the recipient".
Definitionen
With payment to be made by the person receiving the call; reverse-charge. We placed a collect call to our parents.
Used after a verb, especially with "call", meaning "with the charges to be paid by the recipient".
Definitionen
With the telephone charges billed to the person receiving the call. He called collect from the train station.