cold call



cold call

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.
See also: call, cold

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Amaryllisam-ə-RIL-is (English)Literature
EarleURLEnglish
Anisha-Indian, Hindi
Rafaelrah-fah-EL (Spanish), RAH-fah-el (German)Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Macedonian
Bevin-Irish
MissyMIS-eeEnglish