House call

A Call from a Broker to a Customer (called a Maintenance margin call) or from a Clearinghouse to a Clearing member (called a variation Margin call) demanding the deposit of Cash or marginable securities to satisfy the Regulation T requirements and the House maintenance requirement for the Purchase or Short sale of securities or to Cover an adverse price Movement. also called federal margin Call or Reg. T Call (for NASD requirements) or Margin call.

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Additional Related Terms: 10-Q, 10-K, Allowance for depreciation, Automatic Clearing House, Accrual of discount, Amortization of premium, Asked price, Asking price, At par, Allied member