margin-call

verb

To issue a margin call to (someone).

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Meanings

verbmargin-call (third-person singular simple present margin-calls, present participle margin-calling, simple past and past participle margin-called)

present singular third person margin-calls · participle present margin-calling · participle past margin-called · past margin-called · alternative margin call

  1. transitiveTo issue a margin call to (someone).

    The natural question after Tesla's recent tumble: At what point could the Technoking be margin called?

    2023 January 11, Tom Maloney, Dana Hull, “Elon Musk Might Never Be the World's Richest Person Again”, in Bloomberg, New York, N.Y.: Bloomberg L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2013
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    Not only was Merrill margin-calling subprime lenders, but it was now margin-calling a subprime hedge fund managed by one of its fiercest competitors.

    2008, Paul Muolo, Mathew Padilla, Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 243
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APA

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“margin-call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margin-call. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “margin-call,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margin-call.

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