Call-money
money lent by banks, as to brokerage firms, on which repayment may be demanded at any time.
Historical Examples
Torchy Sewell Ford
noun
money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
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a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known. mere designation, as distinguished from fact: He was a king in name only. an appellation, title, or epithet, applied descriptively, in honor, abuse, etc. a reputation of […]
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