margin call (redirected from margin calls)

n.

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(Stock market) 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}.

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Noun

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margin call - a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement call demand - an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing"