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cold-calling
noun [U]Definition
› the activity of phoning or visiting a possible customer to try to sell them something without being asked by the customer to do soBuying and selling in general cold-call
/ˌkəʊldˈkɔːl/
/ˌkoʊldˈkɑːl/ verb [T] › We were cold-called by a company offering savings on our phone bill.Communicating by telephone
/ˌkoʊldˈkɑːl/ verb [T] › We were cold-called by a company offering savings on our phone bill.Communicating by telephone(Definition of cold-calling noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- barter noun
- barter verb
- black market noun
- channel noun (MAKING AVAILABLE)
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- come/go under the hammer idiom
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