Margin call - Financial definition
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Concise definition of the term margin call
A margin call is a request that is made either by a futures clearing house to a clearing member (variation margin call), or by a broker to a customer (maintenance margin call), requiring the latter to add funds to his margin account in order to cover the risk exposure of the former caused by an adverse price movement in the underlying assets.