The period at market opening or closing during which futures contract prices are established by auction. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary
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An option that grants the holder the right to purchase an instrument in the future at a price established today. The call option gives the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase the underlying instrument.
call or calling
Making demand for payment in full of a loan, usually a loan that is in default, Often referred to as calling the loan. American Banker Glossary
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An option that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying asset. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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An option to buy a commodity, security or futures contract at a specified price any time between now and the expiration date of the option contract. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary
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A period of trading. Exchange Handbook Glossary
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A covered warrant that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying at a future date and specified price.
It is an option that gives the buyer the right to buy an underlying asset at a future date at a specified price.
A call warrant allows the holder to benefit from a rising market. It rises in value when the underlying asset rises in value. London Stock Exchange Glossary
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▪ I. call call 1 [kɔːl ǁ kɒːl] verb
1. [intransitive, transitive] to telephone someone:
• She called the airport to ask about flights.
• I was told that the office was closed and to call tomorrow.
2. call (somebody) collect to make a telephone call which is paid for by the person you are telephoning;
= reverse Bre
3. call a meeting/election to arrange for a meeting or an election to happen at a definite time:
• The company called a shareholders' meeting to discuss the takeover bid.
4. [intransitive] to make a short visit to a person or place in order to do something:
• If you decide not to go ahead, just return the policy within 15 days. No salesman will call.
5. [transitive] to ask or order someone to come to a place:
call somebody in/into/to
• Mike was called into the manager's office and told there was no longer a job for him.
call somebody to do something
• They were called to give evidence before the committee.
6. [transitive] FINANCE to repay a loan or bond to a lender, usually before it is normally due to be repaid:
• Interest rates are so low now it's unlikely the bonds will ever be called.
call back phrasal verb
1. [transitive] call something → back FINANCE to ask for something that you have lent or given to be paid or given back to you:
• In conditions of liquidity shortage they will call back these loans.
2. [intransitive, transitive] call somebody → back to telephone someone again, usually because one of you was not in or was busy at the time of the first call:
• No problem, I'll call back later.
• Can you ask him to call me back when he gets in?
3. [intransitive] to visit a person or place again in order to do something:
• I've got to do some shopping now. I'll call back later for my order.
call for something phrasal verb [transitive]
to ask publicly for something to happen:
• The company's second largest shareholder is calling for the public flotation of the shares.
call for something call for somebody to do something
• He called for Europe to work towards economic integration.
call in phrasal verb
1. [transitive] call somebody → in to ask for someone in authority to come and deal with a situation:
• The company called in a team of experts to help it sort out its problems.
• The hotel had been experiencing financial difficulties, and the receivers were called in.
2. [transitive] call something → in FINANCE to ask for money that you have lent to be repaid:
• The company continued to trade at a loss and the bank decided to call in its loan.
3. [intransitive] to telephone somewhere, especially the place where you work, to tell them what you are doing or where you are:
• During the break I called in to the office.
• I wasn't feeling very well, so I called in sick (= telephoned to say I was too ill to come to work ) .
call something → off phrasal verb [transitive]
to decide and announce that something should be stopped or should not take place:
• The union called off strike action planned for today.
call on/upon somebody phrasal verb [transitive]
1. to formally ask someone to do something:
• She called on local employers to commit themselves to equal opportunities.
2. to visit someone for a short time:
• Small booksellers often don't have time to see all the reps who call on them.
call up phrasal verb
1. [intransitive, transitive] call somebody → up to telephone someone:
• Several customers called up to complain.
2. [transitive] call something → up COMPUTING if you call up information on a computer, you make the computer show it to you:
• Here's how to call up the latest Stock Exchange prices.
[m0] ▪ II. call call 2 noun [countable]
1. an attempt to speak to someone by telephone:
• Calls cost 36p a minute cheap rate, 48p at all other times.
• If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please give me a call on the number above.
• Andrew Walker telephoned this morning, and would like you to return his call as soon as possible.
if someone who is selling something makes a cold call or a blind call, they telephone someone they have never spoken to before to offer them a product or service:
• I've started to get cold calls from phone dealerships offering me free upgrades for my phone.
• Placing blind calls isn't entirely futile, insists Mr. Sobeck, who guesses that one out of 40 or 50 calls turns up a lead.
— cold calling noun [uncountable] :
• Cold calling is an effective sales tactic if it's done properly.
— cold caller noun [countable] :
• A cold-caller mistakenly called the company's boss.
ˈconference ˌcall
a telephone call in which several people in different places are able to talk together at the same time
a call from a company to one of its customers, for example in order to find out if the customer is satisfied with the service:
• Regular courtesy calls are made to ensure the client is happy with the work and the conduct of employees.
ˈtoll call
a telephone call over a long distance, that is charged at a higher rate than a local call:
• Are most of your toll calls instate or out?
2. a request or demand for someone to do something:
toll call for
• He made a call for private companies to offer up to 25% of their shares to workers' co-operatives.
3. a short visit, especially for a particular reason:
• I'll pay a call on our supplier later this week.
4. BANKING a demand for money that can be made at any time and without warning, especially a demand for a loan to be repaid:
• There are $200 million in bearer bonds still outstanding, held by people who did not hear about a call.
when a company asks existing shareholders for more money for investment:
• Ladbroke's said that under the terms of the cash call, it plans to issue 216 million new ordinary shares at 220p each.
5. BANKING at/on call if a bank lends money at call or on call, the bank can demand to have it paid back at any time and without warning;
= ON DEMAND:
• Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks. Some loans to other financial institutions may be loans at call.
6. FINANCE a demand from a company to a shareholder to pay for shares that they have been given:
• The company is raising £155 million from the first call of 225p a share.
an occasion when investors who have borrowed money to buy shares or other investments must repay it, for example because the value of their investments has gone down:
• The firm clearing his account issued a $22 million margin call, which he didn't meet.
7. also covered call another name for
call option (= the right to buy shares etc at a particular price within a specific period of time):
• Total options volume was 33,000, with puts at 19,000 outnumbering calls.
8. a decision that you have to make yourself:
ˈjudgement call , judgment call
a decision that you have to make yourself in a new or unfamiliar situation:
• The company made a judgment call in proceeding with the project.
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An option that gives the holder the right to buy an underlying instrument at an agreed price within a specified time. The seller or writer has the obligation to sell the underlying instrument if the holder exercises the option.
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call UK US /kɔːl/ verb
► [
I or
T]
COMMUNICATIONS »
I'll tell Mr Baker you called. Would you like me to pass on any message?
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Please call us as soon as possible so that we can resolve this issue.
► [
T]
call an election/meeting/strike »
An emergency meeting of the board was called for the next day.
► [
T] (
also call sth in)
FINANCE call (in) a debt/loan »
The contract gives the lender the right to call a loan if the borrower sells the property.
► [
T]
call sb in/into/over »
He was called into a manager's office and told that, after 26 years of service, he was no longer needed.
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She called me over and asked if I was interested in applying for the job.
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I] »
A salesman called at my home.
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T]
INFORMAL »
He claims to have called the downturn in the economy nearly four years ago.
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T]
LAW »
The committee can call witnesses and compel them to answer questions.
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call UK US /kɔːl/ noun
► [
C]
COMMUNICATIONS a phone/telephone call »
I'm expecting a phone call from him this morning.
a local/international/long-distance call »
The company is dropping international call charges to over 20 countries.
make/place a call »
We're not allowed to make private calls at work.
get/receive/take a call »
Thank you for taking my call.
return sb's call »
He was busy when I contacted him and he didn't return my calls.
► [
C] »
a customer/sales call
pay a call on sb »
While I was in the area, I took the opportunity of paying a call on one of my clients.
► [
C]
a call for sth »
Yesterday there were renewed calls for a change in the law.
► [
C or
U]
a call for/on sth »
Energy efficiency and conservation could lead to a reduced call for exports.
no call for sth »
There is no call for such luxuries in the present economic climate.
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He was finding that there were a numbers of calls on his time in his new role.
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C]
STOCK MARKET »
Shareholders received notice of a call of 40 cents per share on all partly paid-up shares.
► FINANCE »
Your loan may contain a call provision if you fall behind on your payments.
► [C] FINANCE