TO CALL FOR

Definition: TO CALL FOR

TO CALL FOR

1. (a) To demand; to require; as, a crime calls for punishment; a survey, grant, or deed calls for the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes. (b) To give an order for; to request. ``Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale.'' --Marryat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO CALL FOR

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I was soon able to call for bread and drink, or whatever else I wanted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Indian public sector units (PSUs) to call for open global tenders for the purchase of capital equipment. (references)

The German economic institutes and international organizations continue to call for a serious program of structural adjustment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Guinea

In October 2000, instability in the southern border areas where most refugees lived prompted the Government and the UNHCR to call for assistance in moving refugees away from the border. (references)

Vietnam

Nguyen Dan Que continued to call for democracy and respect for human rights, but authorities have suppressed his ability to communicate by shutting off his phone line and access to the Internet and e-mail for more than 1 year. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

Human rights groups continued to call for laws specifically targeting, among other problems, public or private discrimination based on race and age. (references)

Economic History

Austria

The custom is for Parliament to call for new elections if needed. (references)

Bolivia

They are legally required to call for bids when proposed purchases are above 100,000 Bolivianos. (references)

Nigeria

Many industry watchers and financial analysts continue to call for a repeal of the current, ineffective law. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

On October 21, members of the RPP converged on the police station where the detainees were being held to call for their release. (references)

Turkey

Prosecutors complain that they have few resources to do so, and many have begun to call for "judicial police" who could help investigate and gather evidence. (references)

United Kingdom

In June the police introduced a new type of plastic bullet, described as "more accurate and less lethal." Human rights groups, including the Human Rights Commission, disputed the safety benefits of the new plastic bullets and continued to call for an end to their use. (references)

Minorities

Ukraine

Rusyns (Ruthenians) continued to call for status as an official ethnic group in the country. (references)

Bulgaria

Some ethnic Turkish leaders continued to call for compulsory Turkish-language classes in areas with significant ethnic Turkish populations, but support for these views was muted during the year since the MRF became part of the Government. (references)

Ukraine

Demonstrations held on the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars during the year were smaller and less politicized; however, Crimean-Tatar leaders continued to call for changes in the electoral law that would allow them to achieve greater representation in the Crimean legislature. (references)

Political Economy

Israel

However, if s/he chooses, the Prime Minister has the option to call for new elections before the end of the four-year term. (references)

Morocco

Despite progress by the Government, human rights groups continued to call for full disclosure of all available information concerning citizens abducted by the Government from the 1960's through the 1980's. Some members of the security forces beat protesters on several occasions, although the extent of such abuses was more limited than in the past. (references)

Political Rights

Malaysia

Opposition parties continued to call for monitoring of absentee votes by party agents. (references)

Travel

Slovak Rep

It is advisable to call for taxis rather than catch them on the street, as radio-service companies are quite reliable. (references)

Women

Benin

Some women deputies have threatened to call for public protests if the legislation does not receive full, fair, and expeditious consideration. (references)

Angola

A series of national conferences on women's rights, partially funded by foreign donors, continued to call for the Government to amend the Civil Code to end women's legal inequality, create a social welfare program, and strengthen enforcement mechanisms for existing legislation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

German

um Hilfe rufen (to call for help). (various references)

Hungarian

kiált vmiért (to call out for sg), igényel (claim, demand, need, pretend, require, to claim, to demand, to need, to require, to want), hozat vmit, érte megy (pick me up, to call for sg, to collect), érte jön (come for). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

口�'掛ける (to apply for). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くち�'かける (to apply for). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: collator.

-2 letters: corolla, locator.

-3 letters: collar, factor, floral.

-4 letters: actor, afoot, allot, aloft, aloof, atoll, carol, claro, cloot, color, coral, craft, croft, float, floor, flora, flota, focal, local, loofa, loral, octal, taroc, tolar, troll.

-5 letters: alto, arco, calf, call, calo, carl, cart, clot, coal, coat, coft, cola, colt, coof, cool, coot, corf, fact, fall, farl.

+2 letters: flocculator.

+3 letters: flocculators.

+4 letters: futurological.

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