call market
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of call market
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Inadequate medical supplies or prices well above costs are evidence of what economists call market failure.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2019
He favored a limited form of branch banking, recommended prohibiting corporations from putting their surplus cash into the call market, frowned on security affiliates of banks which go unexamined.
From Time Magazine Archive
A real estate exchange In an unobtrusive brick warehouse near San Francisco Bay, 75 or more heavyweight property dealers gather together once a month for what they call market day.
From Time Magazine Archive
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