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
The deposits average more than one hundred millions a day; and it dominates the call loan market on Wall Street and the stock market.
From The Iron Heel by London, Jack
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
The only semblance of a money market previously existing in this country was the call loan market of New York City.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
An exclusive system of cash dealings brings about the pre-ponderance of the call loan on stock exchange collateral.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
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