cold call

noun

a visit or telephone call to a prospective customer without an appointment or a previous introduction.

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1980–85

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cold call

—n
1.	a call made by a salesman on a potential customer without making an appointment

—vb
2.	to call on (a potential customer) without making an appointment

cold caller

—n

cold calling

—n

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cold call definition

tv.
to call a sales prospect from a list of persons one has never met. : Things have to be pretty bad when the senior brokers at a major house have to cold call people to get business.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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