house call
nounDefinition of house call
: a visit (as by a doctor or a repair person) to a home to provide a requested service
Examples of house call in a Sentence
Does your doctor make house calls?
Recent Examples on the Web
Stuart Dean makes house calls, but the minimum fee is $650, Gargiulo said. — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, "Be wary of a ‘leather finish’ on granite," 12 Aug. 2019 In rural Georgia, Teresa Mitchell, a black woman with 25 years of pharmacy experience, connects her customers with home health aides, shows them how to access insurance services online and even makes house calls. — NBC News, "How black pharmacists are closing the cultural gap in health care," 25 June 2019 His physician is also available for phone consultations and even makes house calls. — John Carlson, WSJ, "Cut Out the Medical Middlemen," 19 May 2019 Their house calls are free and not focused on sales, and can last as long as 90 minutes. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Recode Daily: Behind the scenes at Amazon’s Prime Day disaster," 20 July 2018 And his longtime barber from Harbor Barbers in East Chicago makes free house calls to cut Perez’s hair. — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, "Event to benefit Highland police officer, 36, who suffered a stroke," 19 June 2018 Best Buy also has a newish complement of in-home advisers that make house calls and provide advice on things like installation. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, "Best Buy Is Showing How Retailers Can Keep Amazon At Bay," 24 May 2018 Street droids will make house calls for mail, groceries, and supplies, while fleets of flying drones handle bigger orders. — Alex Davies, WIRED, "Lots of Lobbies and Zero Zombies: How Self-Driving Cars Will Reshape Cities," 21 May 2018 Those are probably the ones who charge $200 for their services and also make house calls, like Wong says. — refinery29.com, "What Exactly Is A Lactation Consultant?," 15 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'house call.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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house call
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of house call
chiefly US
: a visit by a doctor to someone's house
See the full definition for house call in the English Language Learners Dictionary
house call
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Medical Definition of house call
: a visit (as by a doctor) to a home to provide medical care