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CALL-BACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The recall of an employee after a layoff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("call-back" is a kind of...):
employment; engagement (the act of giving someone a job)
Derivation:
call back (summon to return)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("call-back" is a kind of...):
call; phone call; telephone call (a telephone connection)
Derivation:
call back (return or repeat a telephone call)