first call
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Priority on the use of somebody or something, especially an actor if required in a production.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Fairbanks obviously had the power to dictate because his contract, and an amended one with Griffith, gave him first call on me as a dentist while Griffith retained first call on my services as an actor."
- "In these conditions, however, you must be sensitive to the actor's need to do other work: you've got to let them go up for auditions and earn money in other ways, and only the most megalomaniac director thinks that he has 'first call' on his actors' time."
- "Consequently, Harper argues, 'costume film-makers in Britain no longer had first call on their own classic novelists. […]"
Usage
Phrases
first bite of the cherry
Frequently Paired Words
first bite of the cherry