| 单词 | to dial for dollars |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dial for dollars Originally and chiefly North American. to dial for dollars: to solicit sales or financial support by means of (frequently unsolicited) telephone calls to potential customers or donors. [After the name of Dialing for Dollars, a television (and originally radio) programme broadcast on various local stations in North America in the mid 20th cent., in which randomly selected telephone numbers were dialled and viewers were awarded cash prizes for giving an arranged password upon answering the call.] ΚΠ 1959 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 20 Dec. 10 b/4 Music lovers will dial for dollars in January. The Wethersfield Symphony Committee will spend Jan. 16 telephoning residents for contributions to the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. 1971 Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Amer. 6 Dec. 1/4 The United Givers Fund is dialing for dollars today through Thursday. 1988 Economist 3 Dec. 120/2 Life is becoming ever tougher for Shearson's army of cold-calling salesmen... As they dial for dollars, increasingly they are finding themselves selling low-margin Treasury bonds..rather than commission-juicy shares and unit trusts. 2012 S. W. Solovic & E. R. Kadin It's your Biz x. 171 Before you begin dialing for dollars, make a list of potential investors. < as lemmas |
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