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  1. roll calling: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See roll_call as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (roll call)

noun:  The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent.
noun:  (politics) Such an event in a legislative body in order to determine if a quorum exists.
noun:  The time of day fixed for such an event.
noun:  (by extension) The subset of those members of a specific group who are present or available out of the full set of all the members of said group.
verb:  (transitive) To read aloud from a list of names, in order to determine who is present or absent.
▸ Also see roll_call


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