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Meaning of callover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A session where trial dates are allocated to upcoming cases.
    Australia
  2. A bookmakers' meeting to discuss the odds.
  3. The calling out of a list of securities on a stock exchange so that dealers can bid for them.

Examples

“No longer was there any doubt⟳ at the next callover this rank outsider would be the odds-on favourite!”
“We also had the callover there. In the Victoria Club in London, all the bookmakers would get⟳ together, swap⟳ information and set⟳ the odds, and it was known as the callover. It was quite an honour to have⟳ it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Callovian Callow Callow Hill Calloway Calloway County Callowhill

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