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cash call UK US noun [C]
► FINANCE a request from a company to its shareholders asking them to provide more money: a cash call on sb »
A cash call on investors is one option for financing the purchase.
make/launch a cash call »Unlike many competitors, we haven't made the cash call.
£2bn/$50 million, etc. cash call »The fitness group is struggling to get a £1.6m cash call off the ground.
Financial and business terms. 2012.