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
Mr. Arnault has placed in his hands a call loan.
From A Young Girl's Wooing by Roe, Edward Payson
The temporary or call loan, now over one hundred millions, may readily be kept at this sum even at a reduced rate of interest.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
The agreement binds in a way perfectly familiar to the business world in the call loan or the tenancy at will.
From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by Walling, William English
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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