callout

nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,962 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: callouts

A callout is a visit by a repairer to where the fault is. A callout charge, an emergency callout, three callouts in a week.

The charge covers the journey and the first period on site whether or not anything is fixed, which is why it is quoted separately. In mountain rescue a callout is the whole operation, and volunteers carry a pager for exactly that.

Definitions of callout

1nouncalloutA visit by a repairer to where the fault is.C1
“Our boiler broke on a Sunday, so the emergency callout cost twice as much.”

callout is a visit.

Where it comes from

Deverbal from call out.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Repair & Damage

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callout in the wild

Callback verification, also known as callout verification or Sender Address Verification, is a technique used by SMTP software in order to validate e-mail addresses.
Callback verification
"Fox four" was used to refer to the use of guns or cannon, but that was obsoleted in favor of the callout phrase "guns-guns-guns".
Fox (code word)
In documents that require translation, a neutral callout is often used.
Callout
By using numbers or letters as callouts in combination with an image caption, translation becomes more efficient, as the same graphic can be used in all languages.
Callout
The company produces automated crew callout and a resource management software system for electric and gas utility companies.
ARCOS LLC

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