collect call (noun)

1. The protagonist couldn't afford to make a collect call to the love interest, symbolizing their emotional distance and financial struggle.

2. In the movie, the stranded traveler had to make a collect call to his family to let them know about his predicament.

3. In the futuristic world, aliens communicated with humans through a complex system of mind collective calls.

4. According to the ancient myth, the deity would answer to a collect call only if the caller possessed a sacred artifact.