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phone bank

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A collection of telephones within an organization such as a call center.
  2. A banking institution that does business solely or mostly via telephone.
  3. A political outreach event or strategy that involves making calls to potential voters by phone to get out the vote or collect voter data.

Examples

“When the hosts of "Good Day" offered viewers a chance to call⟳ in their comments, the number⟳ of calls overloaded the phone banks.”
“Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) hosted a phone bank for [Angela] Alsobrooks that same day, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led canvassing to support⟳ her in Baltimore last⟳ week.”

CEFR level

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

phone booth phone box phone call phone card phone hacking phone in

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