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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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