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margin-calling

margin-calling is the present participle and gerund of margin-call.

Meaning of margin-call

Verb

margin-call (third-person singular simple present margin-calls, present participle margin-calling, simple past and past participle margin-called)

  1. (transitive) To issue a margin call to (someone).
    • Not only was Merrill margin-calling subprime lenders, but it was now margin-calling a subprime hedge fund managed by one of its fiercest competitors.2008, Paul Muolo, Mathew Padilla, Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 243

Questions about margin-calling

What is margin-calling the present participle and gerund of?
Margin-calling is the present participle and gerund of margin-call.

Words near margin-calling in the dictionary

  1. margin of victory
  2. margin shell
  3. margin shells
  4. margin-call
  5. margin-called
  6. margin-calling
  7. margin-calls
  8. Margina
  9. marginable
  10. marginal
  11. marginal analysis

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