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margin call

noun

, Stock Exchange.
  1. a demand from a brokerage house to a customer that more money or securities be deposited in their margin account when the amount in it falls below that stipulated as necessary to cover the stock purchased.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of margin call1

First recorded in 1960–65

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