call loan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of call loan
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Still the member banks reported that corporations and individuals were withdrawing deposits and putting their funds on the call loan market.
From Time Magazine Archive
My secretary will arrange it—but mind this is on a call loan!
From Rimrock Jones by Coolidge, Dane
Low call loan rates have an indirect rather than a direct effect on the rate which the mercantile community has to pay for money.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
When the call loan rate is high country banks do not receive interest in proportion to the value of their deposits.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
Between a call loan and a ten year agricultural mortgage-note, the differences are even greater.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
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