| cALL | the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date |
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| cALL | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee |
| cALL | brief visit in an official or professional capacity |
| cALL | a brief social visit |
| cALL | a telephone connection |
| cALL | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed |
| cALL | the characteristic sound produced by a bird |
| cALL | a loud utterance |
| cALL | a request |
| cALL | a demand especially in the phrase"the call of duty" |
| cALL | a demand for a show of hands in a card game |
| cALL | a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement |