business call

Professional phone conversation

A business call is a phone call made for work-related purposes rather than personal reasons.

The term distinguishes professional communication from social calls: I need to step out and take a business call.

It can also refer to an in-person visit to a client or customer: The sales team made business calls all afternoon.

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voicemail · dial · dial tone · ring · office · out of office · pitch · negotiate · professional · hold · agenda · action items · urgent · sales · follow-up · schedule · receptionist · mute

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purpose/social register

business callchat

Informal verbal exchange

catching up · friendly chat · heart-to-heart · checking in · shooting the breeze

communication mode

business callbusiness email

Formal workplace digital message

business letter · written correspondence · text message

Family

business, call, busily, busyness, businessman, businesswoman, businesslike, businesses, calls

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