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

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

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2018

A job simply grants us access to man-made vouchers we call money.

From BBC • May 25, 2015

By that point, hopefully, we've established trust—what we call money in the bank.

From Inc • Aug. 2, 2010

Mr. Simmons did not claim, however, that these surplus funds should remain in the call money market.

From Time Magazine Archive

Price, then, is the expression of value in terms of some other commodity, which, generally used for that purpose of expressing the value of other commodities, we call money.

From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John