call loan

noun

1. a loan repayable on demand.

call loan

noun

1. a loan that is repayable on demand Also calleddemand loan. Compare time loan

Word History and Origins

Origin of call loan¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The only semblance of a money market previously existing in this country was the call loan market of New York City.

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Low call loan rates have an indirect rather than a direct effect on the rate which the mercantile community has to pay for money.

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When the call loan rate is high country banks do not receive interest in proportion to the value of their deposits.

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An exclusive system of cash dealings brings about the pre-ponderance of the call loan on stock exchange collateral.

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A smaller amount of Bank funds will be employed in the call loan market.

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