call money

American  

noun

1. money lent by banks, as to brokerage firms, on which repayment may be demanded at any time.

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call money British  

noun

1. money loaned by banks and recallable on demand

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Example Sentences

“It is really our whole community that won ... because we learned to work together against the power of money. And when I say money, I mean $5 million. That’s what I call money.”

From Los Angeles Times

This is what I call money shame ... the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love or belonging based on bank accounts, or debts, or homes, or cars, or job titles ...

From Reuters

Throughout our nearly 15 years of marriage, he always wanted to call money into account, to make budgets and forecasts, to plan.

From New York Times

So there are elements of social agreement and power in this very useful thing we call money.

From New York Times

And it has full leeway to call money it will later pay us debt service or transfer payments.

From Seattle Times