margin
121margin of profit — noun the ratio gross profits divided by net sales • Syn: ↑profit margin, ↑gross margin • Hypernyms: ↑ratio …
122margin account — an account opened by a customer with a brokerage house in which listed securities can be purchased on margin. Cf. cash account. * * * …
123margin call — Stock Exchange. a demand from a brokerage house to a customer that more money or securities be deposited in his or her margin account when the amount in it falls below that stipulated as necessary to cover the stock purchased. [1960 65] * * * …
124Margin Account — A brokerage account in which the broker lends the customer cash to purchase securities. The loan in the account is collateralized by the securities and cash. If the value of the stock drops sufficiently, the account holder will be required to… …
125margin loans — Loans acquired from brokers or financial institutions for the purpose of acquiring margin stock. American Banker Glossary …
126margin trading — Buying securities, in part, with borrowed money. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * An investor pays a certain amount of cash to fund a transaction and borrows the remainder from a broker at a rate of interest. Margin trading provides… …
127margin agreement — The agreement governing customers margin accounts . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
128margin security — A security that may be bought or sold in a margin account as defined in Regulation T. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
