maintenance call

maintenance call definition - finance
A call to the owner of a brokerage account to inform the owner that more funds have to be deposited into the account because the account has fallen below the minimum equity requirements of the exchange or regulatory authorities. If additional cash isnÂ’t deposited within a specified time, some of the securities will be sold in order to bring the account up to required levels.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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