call-outn.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːlaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈkɔlˌaʊt/,

/ˈkɑlˌaʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: call v., out adv.

Etymology: < call v. + out adv., after to call out at call v. Phrasal verbs 1.

†1. An outcry, clamour (against something). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > protest > public

call-out1765

outcry1834

1765 St. James Chron. 23 Nov. 4/1 There begins to be a Call-out against rotten Boroughs.

1872 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 211 230 There would be rather a call out against the negligence of the Government here supposing the Bank of England to-morrow were to omit to publish their monthly return of the specie, and the Government took no heed of it.

a. The action or an act of summoning a person or group out; an instance of being summoned out.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > levying or mobilizing

hosting1422

levying1496

amass1567

uptakinga1578

levya1616

array1640

colonelling1663

mobilification1794

levy in mass1807

levée en masse1813

arrayal1818

mobilization1848

call-out1882

mobilizing1901

1882 Music & Drama 23 Dec. 12/3 One round of applause at Drury Lane would be worth more to me than a hundred call-outs in this city.

1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 7 Oct. 17/1 The call-out of the Russian reserves.

1922 Amer. Physical Educ. Rev. Dec. 486/2 Any extra time given to the playing off of [hockey] games and responding to captains' ‘call-outs’.

1998 Searchlight Mar. 13/2 There had been an all-London anti-fascist callout of every group and they were confident that this time they would rout the fascists.

b. spec. A request or summons, usually made by telephone, to provide a service, esp. to deal with an emergency or to undertake repairs. Cf. call n. 19.

ΚΠ

1919 L. W. Royse Standard Hist. Kosciusko County Indiana I. xiii. 262 The boys..as promptly responded to what they knew were false alarms, as to the bona fide call-outs.

1967 Financial Times 8 Dec. 9/7 Skilled engineers are available for the erection, installation and commissioning of new equipment, and servicing, maintenance and emergency call-out and breakdown services can be provided.

1985 Austral. Personal Computer May 19 Ask your supplier's maintenance engineer what he thinks is the most reliable printer—he doesn't like call-outs either.

2014 Daily Tel. 14 Oct. 2/2 The AA reported more than 30 flooding-related call-outs, mainly across the South East.

3. Publishing and Journalism. A short passage of text distinguished from the rest of the page by being set in larger type or otherwise set apart so as to get a reader's attention. Also: a word or piece of text linked by a line or arrow to (part of) an image or graphic as an explanatory description. Cf. pull-quote n. at pull- comb. form 1c.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > line or word placed to catch the eye

catchword1833

catchline1868

call-out1986

1986 F. E. Davis et al. Desktop Publishing iii. 46 You can break up a page of text attractively by dropping in a..quote from the main body of text that you set apart somehow—either in a box, within rules, or surrounded by white space—to catch the readers' attention...These free-floating phrases, which are called callouts or pull quotes, can highlight important material.

2002 D. Bergsland Publishing with Illustrator & Freehand iv. 75 The main use of this tool is to add arrows and pointers when making callouts on an illustration.

2007 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Nov. 20/2 The copy chief..says her publication uses call-out and pull quote interchangeably to refer ‘to snippets from the story that are boxed and set in large type’.

Compounds

call-out charge n. a charge made for calling someone out to undertake repairs, deal with an emergency, etc.; = call-out fee n.Somewhat rare in North American usage.

ΚΠ

1976 Times 6 Aug. 15/5 Fixed call-out charges to repair or install domestic appliances.

1991 Which? Nov. 608/2 Many systems have to be re-set by an engineer after they have been triggered, which means a call-out charge of around £40.

2008 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. 16 The call-out charge for members running out of petrol had previously cost $10.

call-out fee n. a fee charged for calling someone out to undertake repairs, deal with an emergency, etc.; = call-out charge n.Somewhat rare in North American usage.

ΚΠ

1969 Financial Times 17 May 9 The first hour of a patrolman's time is free in certain emergencies, otherwise costing 1 gn. per hour plus 1 gn. call-out fee.

1985 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 30 Mar. 5/1 Companies that charge up to $1.50 a mile plus call-out fees.

2004 Horse & Hound 8 Jan. 19/1 My new camera phone..paid for itself by saving me a call-out fee and my vet a 60-mile round trip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	call-out
释义	call-outn. Brit. /ˈkɔːlaʊt/, U.S. /ˈkɔlˌaʊt/, /ˈkɑlˌaʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: call v., out adv. Etymology: < call v. + out adv., after to call out at call v. Phrasal verbs 1. †1. An outcry, clamour (against something). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > protest > public call-out1765 outcry1834 1765 St. James Chron. 23 Nov. 4/1 There begins to be a Call-out against rotten Boroughs. 1872 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 211 230 There would be rather a call out against the negligence of the Government here supposing the Bank of England to-morrow were to omit to publish their monthly return of the specie, and the Government took no heed of it. 2. a. The action or an act of summoning a person or group out; an instance of being summoned out. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > levying or mobilizing hosting1422 levying1496 amass1567 uptakinga1578 levya1616 array1640 colonelling1663 mobilification1794 levy in mass1807 levée en masse1813 arrayal1818 mobilization1848 call-out1882 mobilizing1901 1882 Music & Drama 23 Dec. 12/3 One round of applause at Drury Lane would be worth more to me than a hundred call-outs in this city. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 7 Oct. 17/1 The call-out of the Russian reserves. 1922 Amer. Physical Educ. Rev. Dec. 486/2 Any extra time given to the playing off of [hockey] games and responding to captains' ‘call-outs’. 1998 Searchlight Mar. 13/2 There had been an all-London anti-fascist callout of every group and they were confident that this time they would rout the fascists. b. spec. A request or summons, usually made by telephone, to provide a service, esp. to deal with an emergency or to undertake repairs. Cf. call n. 19. ΚΠ 1919 L. W. Royse Standard Hist. Kosciusko County Indiana I. xiii. 262 The boys..as promptly responded to what they knew were false alarms, as to the bona fide call-outs. 1967 Financial Times 8 Dec. 9/7 Skilled engineers are available for the erection, installation and commissioning of new equipment, and servicing, maintenance and emergency call-out and breakdown services can be provided. 1985 Austral. Personal Computer May 19 Ask your supplier's maintenance engineer what he thinks is the most reliable printer—he doesn't like call-outs either. 2014 Daily Tel. 14 Oct. 2/2 The AA reported more than 30 flooding-related call-outs, mainly across the South East. 3. Publishing and Journalism. A short passage of text distinguished from the rest of the page by being set in larger type or otherwise set apart so as to get a reader's attention. Also: a word or piece of text linked by a line or arrow to (part of) an image or graphic as an explanatory description. Cf. pull-quote n. at pull- comb. form 1c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > line or word placed to catch the eye catchword1833 catchline1868 call-out1986 1986 F. E. Davis et al. Desktop Publishing iii. 46 You can break up a page of text attractively by dropping in a..quote from the main body of text that you set apart somehow—either in a box, within rules, or surrounded by white space—to catch the readers' attention...These free-floating phrases, which are called callouts or pull quotes, can highlight important material. 2002 D. Bergsland Publishing with Illustrator & Freehand iv. 75 The main use of this tool is to add arrows and pointers when making callouts on an illustration. 2007 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Nov. 20/2 The copy chief..says her publication uses call-out and pull quote interchangeably to refer ‘to snippets from the story that are boxed and set in large type’. Compounds call-out charge n. a charge made for calling someone out to undertake repairs, deal with an emergency, etc.; = call-out fee n.Somewhat rare in North American usage. ΚΠ 1976 Times 6 Aug. 15/5 Fixed call-out charges to repair or install domestic appliances. 1991 Which? Nov. 608/2 Many systems have to be re-set by an engineer after they have been triggered, which means a call-out charge of around £40. 2008 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. 16 The call-out charge for members running out of petrol had previously cost $10. call-out fee n. a fee charged for calling someone out to undertake repairs, deal with an emergency, etc.; = call-out charge n.Somewhat rare in North American usage. ΚΠ 1969 Financial Times 17 May 9 The first hour of a patrolman's time is free in certain emergencies, otherwise costing 1 gn. per hour plus 1 gn. call-out fee. 1985 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 30 Mar. 5/1 Companies that charge up to $1.50 a mile plus call-out fees. 2004 Horse & Hound 8 Jan. 19/1 My new camera phone..paid for itself by saving me a call-out fee and my vet a 60-mile round trip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1765
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