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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement;
[syn: margin call, call]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

margin call \margin call\ n. (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]. Syn: call. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

margin call n 1: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement [syn: margin call, call]