noun
collect call; reverse-charge call
A telephone call where the recipient agrees to pay the charges. Used as a noun in Japanese.
海外からコレクトコールをかける。
I make a collect call from overseas.
コレクトコールで電話がかかってきた。
I received a collect call.
Variant with interpunct; less common in everyday writing.
着信課金 is a more formal Japanese term for reverse-charge billing, while コレクトコール is the common loanword.
From English 'collect call'.