call loan

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noun
  1. a loan repayable on demand.

Origin of call loan

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby call loan

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How to use call loan in a sentence

  • The only semblance of a money market previously existing in this country was the call loan market of New York City.

    Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
  • Low call loan rates have an indirect rather than a direct effect on the rate which the mercantile community has to pay for money.

    Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
  • When the call loan rate is high country banks do not receive interest in proportion to the value of their deposits.

    Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
  • An exclusive system of cash dealings brings about the pre-ponderance of the call loan on stock exchange collateral.

    Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
  • A smaller amount of Bank funds will be employed in the call loan market.

    Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for call loan

call loan

noun
  1. a loan that is repayable on demand: Also called: demand loan. Compare time loan

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