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Definition of Margin call
1. Noun. A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement.
Definition of Margin call
1. Noun. (finance) Request by a stockbroker or similar for the client to deposit more money in order to cover losses that have built up in open positions held on margin (rather than having been paid for in full). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Margin Call
Literary usage of Margin call
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brokerage Accounts: A Treatise on the Business of Brokerage, Its Accounting by Frederick Simson Todman (1916)
"margin call and Release It is imperative that a constant review of the contents
of the ... To illustrate the operation of the margin call, suppose that, ..."
2. OECD Economics Glossary: English-French = Glossaire de L'économie de L'OCDE by Oecd (2006)
"... compte de marge (de titres) [FIN] margin buying crédit pour l'achat d'actions
garanti par les titres ; achat à découvert [FIN] margin call appel de ..."
3. Financial Markets for the Rest of Us: An Easy Guide to Money, Bonds, Futures by Robert Vahid Hashemian (2001)
"This is when the dreaded "margin call" comes in. The margin call is an account
maintenance notice given to you by your broker to remedy the imbalance. ..."
4. Materials of Corporation Finance by Charles William Gerstenberg (1915)
"... which should always be done when it has been reduced to approximately five
points whether a margin call is received or not,- it being assumed that a ..."
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