margin call

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noun Stock Exchange.

a demand from a brokerage house to a customer that more money or securities be deposited in their margin account when the amount in it falls below that stipulated as necessary to cover the stock purchased.

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Origin of margin call

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby margin call

marginal probability, marginal sea, marginal tax rate, marginal utility, marginate, margin call, margin line, margin of error, margin of safety, margin plank, margosa

How to use margin call in a sentence

Given the limited insight into hedge-fund borrowing and derivatives trading, there’s no way to know how many other funds are just a margin call away from collapse.
How many hedge funds are a margin call away from Archegos-style implosion?|John Detrixhe|March 31, 2021|Quartz
“If investment banks didn’t do these margin calls, we probably wouldn’t have seen that,” said Francesc Rodriguez Tous, a finance professor at Cass Business School in London who previously worked at the central banks of England, Germany, and Spain.
How many hedge funds are a margin call away from Archegos-style implosion?|John Detrixhe|March 31, 2021|Quartz
The only reason we know Bill Hwang’s hedge fund had risk up to its eyeballs using borrowed money is because it got caught out by margin calls.
How many hedge funds are a margin call away from Archegos-style implosion?|John Detrixhe|March 31, 2021|Quartz
A margin call is a request for additional collateral when a trader’s position or investment drops in value.
How many hedge funds are a margin call away from Archegos-style implosion?|John Detrixhe|March 31, 2021|Quartz

Moore emerged looking “gaunt and pale” at the Oct. 17 premiere of Margin Call, according to Contact Music.
Demi Moore’s Downward Spiral Since Her Split From Ashton Kutcher|Marlow Stern|July 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“These valuations are then the basis for a margin call that can move real money from losers to gainers,” he says.
Barclays’ Rate-Fixing Is the Tip of a Much Larger Scandal, Bank Officials Say|Peter Jukes|July 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Burns was forced to sell more than 650,000 shares in 2008 to meet a margin call because Lionsgate stock had dipped too low.
Inside Icahn's Hollywood Gambit|Peter Lauria|March 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST