Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement;
[syn: margin call, call]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
margin call \margin call\ n. (Stock market)
A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring
his margin up to the minimum requirement; -- caused by the
decline in market prices of a security or commodity purchased
on margin[5].
Syn: call.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
margin call
n 1: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to
bring his margin up to the minimum requirement [syn:
margin call, call]