CALL-BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does call-back mean? 

• CALL-BACK (noun)
  The noun CALL-BACK has 2 senses:

1. a return call

2. the recall of an employee after a layoff

  Familiarity information: CALL-BACK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALL-BACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A return call

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)

Sense 2

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)