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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

margin call

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01 n. A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement; -- caused by the decline in market p…
  1. 1.
    A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement; -- caused by the decline in market prices of a security or commodity purchased on margin{5}.(Stock market)
Syn. call.