(US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
“I had just about made it out the door when a call from behind me drew my attention.”
“The Red Crescent also issued a desperate call for help to world relief agencies.”
“As a ranger, she was trained to identify the call of every species in the woods.”
callout
(communication) Outward-bound telephone calls.
(slang) An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
(typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.
“Every time the actor mentioned their character's fear of clowns, the audience erupted in laughter, recognizing the callback that brought back their favorite running joke.”
“Delay options of 5, 10 or 30 minutes allow time for preparation to receive the callback.”
“In this way, customers can request a voice Web callback from the agent if necessary.”
caller
(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.