| call | If you call someone, you telephone them. Would you call me as soon as you find out? A friend of mine gave me this number to call `May I speak with Mr Coyne, please?' --- `May I ask who's calling?' = phone | en |
| call | referring to someone or something that can be called sıfat | en |
| call | If you call someone or something a particular thing, you suggest they are that thing or describe them as that thing. The speech was interrupted by members of the Conservative Party, who called him a traitor She calls me lazy and selfish He called it particularly cynical to begin releasing the hostages on Christmas Day Anyone can call themselves a psychotherapist | en |
| call | If you call something, you say it in a loud voice, because you are trying to attract someone's attention. He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name `Boys!' she called again. Call out means the same as call. The butcher's son called out a greeting The train stopped and a porter called out, `Middlesbrough!' | en |
| call | shout; cry; invite; make a telephone call; visit fiil | en |
| call | order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" | en |
| call | utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" | en |
| call | order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday" | en |
| call | lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks" | en |
| call | order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" | en |
| call | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" | en |
| call | challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact" | en |
| call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A | en |
| call | a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" | en |
| call | a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" | en |
| call | a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call" | en |
| call | declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out" | en |
| call | this morning" | en |
| call | consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful" | en |
| call | ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" | en |
| call | call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" | en |
| call | give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" | en |
| call | make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" | en |
| call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game | en |
| call | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call" brief visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer" a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers" a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call" rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A | en |
| call | indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate" | en |
| call | read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll" | en |
| call | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" | en |
| call | require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond" | en |
| call | utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another" | en |
| call | send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc | en |
| call | make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" | en |
| call | challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that" | en |
| call | a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" | en |
| call | To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders | en |
| call | To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to | en |
| call | To make a demand, requirement, or request | en |
| call | The act of calling; usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call | en |
| call | An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor | en |
| call | A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty | en |
| call | To rouse from sleep; to awaken | en |
| call | To invoke; to appeal to | en |
| call | To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate | en |
| call | aven | en |
| call | To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work | en |
| call | To utter in a loud or distinct voice; often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company | en |
| call | To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of | en |
| call | A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal | en |
| call | A divine vocation or summons | en |
| call | See Assessment, 4 | en |
| call | on the land | en |
| call | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call" | en |
| call | brief visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer" | en |
| call | a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers" | en |
| call | this morning" consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful" challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact" utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday" lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks" get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out" challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that" require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond" ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another" send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc | en |
| call | The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on | en |
| call | A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc | en |
| call | A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders | en |
| call | Vocation; employment | en |
| call | A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds | en |
| call | A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty | en |
| call | The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry | en |
| call | a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" | en |
| call | Something from God that shouldn't be transferred, put on hold or disconnected And even if it sounds like there's static on the line, remember that whether we are called to a place, a people, or a task; we all are called to use our gifts to serve the King | en |
| call | a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" | en |
| call | the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" | en |
| call | to call someone's bluff: see bluff to call it a day: see day to call a halt: see halt to call something to mind: see mind call of nature: see nature to call something your own: see own to call something into question: see question to call it quits: see quit to call a spade a spade: see spade to call the tune: see tune too close to call: see close. computer-assisted language learning the use of computers to help people learn foreign languages | en |
| call | If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill. `Shouldn't you be at work today?' --- `I called in sick.' | en |
| call | disapproval If you say that there is no call for someone to behave in a particular way, you are criticizing their behaviour, usually because you think it is rude. There was no call for him to single you out from all the others. = there is no need for | en |
| call | If someone is on call, they are ready to go to work at any time if they are needed, especially if there is an emergency. In theory I'm on call day and night. a doctor on call | en |
| call | a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement | en |
| call | the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | en |
| call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" | en |
| call | send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc ; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" | en |
| call | pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" | en |
| call | utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" | en |
| call | assign a specified, proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" | en |
| call | The call of a particular bird or animal is the characteristic sound that it makes. a wide range of animal noises and bird calls. see also calling, so-called | en |
| call | The call of something such as a place is the way it attracts or interests you strongly. = pull, lure | en |
| call | If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them. She called her young son: `Here, Stephen, come and look at this!' He called me over the Tannoy | en |
| call | When you make a telephone call, you telephone someone. I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend I've had hundreds of calls from other victims | en |
| call | If you call someone such as a doctor or the police, you ask them to come to you, usually by telephoning them. He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance One night he was called to see a woman with tuberculosis | en |
| call | If you call someone or something by a particular name or title, you give them that name or title. `Doctor' --- `Will you please call me Sarah?' Everybody called each other by their surnames. + called called There are two men called Buckley at the Home Office. a device called an optical amplifier | en |
| call | cry; telephone conversation; visit; ring; invitation; claim; need isim | en |
| call | If someone in authority calls something such as a meeting, rehearsal, or election, they arrange for it to take place at a particular time. The Committee decided to call a meeting of the All India Congress The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure | en |
| call | If someone is called before a court or committee, they are ordered to appear there, usually to give evidence. The child waited two hours before she was called to give evidence I was called as an expert witness. = summon | en |
| call | If there is a call for something, someone demands that it should happen. There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement Almost all workers heeded a call by the trade unions to stay at home for the duration of the strike | en |
| call | If there is little or no call for something, very few people want it to be done or provided. `Have you got just plain chocolate?' --- `No, I'm afraid there's not much call for that.' = demand | en |
| call | To call a game or sporting event means to cancel it, for example because of rain or bad light. We called the next game. = call off | en |
| call | When a train, bus, or ship calls somewhere, it stops there for a short time to allow people to get on or off. The steamer calls at several ports along the way | en |
| call | If you call somewhere, you make a short visit there. A market researcher called at the house where he was living Andrew now came almost weekly to call. Call is also a noun. He decided to pay a call on Tommy Cummings | en |
| call | make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" | en |
| call | demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" | en |
| call | The issuer's right to redeem a bond or preferred share before it matures A bond will usually be called when interest rates fall so significantly that the issuer can save money by floating new bonds at lower rates The first date when an issuer may call a bond is specified in the bond's prospectus See "How Bonds Behave " BACK TO TOP | en |
| call | NUMBER - The number given to each book acquired by the Libraries Every book has a unique call number, much like every house in a city has its own address The first portion of the call number (one or two letters followed by a few numerals) is the "name" of the "street; the second portion (following the period) is the "house number " Example: PR 6023 L47 H6 | en |
| call | Bonds: The right to redeem outstanding bonds before their scheduled maturity Options: The right to buy a specific number of shares at a specified price by a fixed date (See put) | en |
| call | An association between two or more users or between a user and a network entity that is established by the use of network capabilities This association may have zero or more connections | en |
| call | To call is to match the current bet If there has been a bet of $10 and a raise of $10 then it costs $20 to call Calling is the cheapest (and the most passive) way to remain in a hand See also cold call, flat call, and it | en |
| call | An option contract under which the holder (buyer) has the right to purchase the number of shares of the underlying security that is covered by the contract at a fixed price for a fixed period of time The call option buyer pays the call option seller (writer) a fee called a premium It also obligates the seller (writer), if the buyer exercises, to sell the underlying security that it covered by the contract at a fixed price for a fixed period of time | en |
| call | the actions taken to pay the principal amount of the bonds prior to the stated maturity date, in accordance with the provisions for "call" stated in the proceedings and the bonds | en |
| call | A contract that gives the right but not the obligation to buy a commodity, security or futures contract at a specified price There are two types of options: a European is executable only at the expiration date of the option; an American option is executable anytime between now and the expiration date of the option contract | en |
| call | An option contract that gives the buyer (holder) the right to purchase, and gives the seller (the writer) the obligation to sell a specified number of shares of the underlying stock at the given strike price on or before the expiration date of the contract | en |
| call | An option to buy a commodity, security or futures contract at a specified price any time between now and the expiration date of the option contract | en |
| call | Options are derivative securities that give the holder the right to buy (call) or sell (Puts and Calls) a specified amount of the underlying security at a specific "strike price" and within a specified timeframe The purchaser hopes that the stock price will go up (if he buys a call) or down (if he buys a put) by an amount sufficiently above or below the strike price to provide a profit when the option is exercised If the stock price holds steady or moves in the opposite direction, the price paid for the option is lost entirely There are several other types of options available to the public but these are basically combinations of puts and calls Individuals may write (sell) as well as purchase options Options on stock indexes, futures, and debt instruments also exist | en |
| call | A negotiable instrument that gives the holder the right to buy shares of common stock at a stated price on or before some future date; The right that some bond investors have to redeem a bond at stated times prior to maturity for a stated price, typically exercised when interest rates fall Call represents a risk for bondholders, compensated by extra yield, which may or may not be adequate compensation With the opposite of a call, a put, the bondholder has the option to sell the bond back to the issuer at a stated price, and so putable bonds usually yield less than the prevailing market rate | en |
| call | Actions taken to pay the principal amount prior to the stated maturity date, in accordance with the provisions for "call" stated in the proceedings and the securities Another term for call provisions is redemption provisions | en |
| call | An option which gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to buy an underlying asset (commodity futures contract, stocks, etc ) at an agreed upon price (strike price) within a specified period of time | en |
| call | An option contract that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying security at a specified price for a certain fixed period of time | en |
| call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A M this morning" | en |
| call | (1) A period at the opening and the close of some futures markets in which the price for each futures contract is established by auction; (2) Buyer's Call generally applies to cotton, also called "call sale " A purchase of a specified quantity of a specific grade of a commodity at a fixed number of points above or below a specified delivery month futures price with the buyer allowed a period of time to fix the price either by purchasing a future for the account of the seller or telling the seller when he wishes to fix the price; (3) Seller's Call, also called "call purchase," is the same as the buyer's call except that the seller has the right to determine the time to fix the price; (4) option contract giving the buyer the right but not the obligation to purchase the commodity or to enter into a long futures position; and (5) the requirement that a financial instrument be returned to the issuer prior to maturity, with principal and accrued interest paid off upon return | en |
| call | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" | en |
| call | greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" | en |
| call | give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance | en |
| call | An Option contract that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying security at a specified price for a certain, fixed period of time See also Put | en |
| call | v t , n 1 v t (a function with arguments) to cause the code represented by that function to be executed in an environment where bindings for the values of its parameters have been established based on the arguments {"Calling the function + with the arguments 5 and 1 yields a value of 6 "} 2 n a situation in which a function is called | en |
| call | When a player matches the prior bet on the table, that action is termed the call | en |
| call | An option contract giving the owner the right (but not the obligation) to buy shares of stock at a predetermined price (called a strike price) on or before the expiration date of the contract | en |
| call | An option that gives the buyer the right to a long position in the underlying futures at a specific price; the call writer (seller) may be assigned a short position in the underlying futures if the buyer exercises the call | en |
| call | To transfer program execution to some section of code (usually a subroutine) while saving the necessary information to allow execution to resume at the calling point when the called section has completed execution When a subroutine call occurs, one or more values (known as arguments or parameters) are often passed to the subroutine, which can then use and sometimes modify these values | en |
| call | In a metes and bounds description, the angle and distance of a given line or arc Each call is usually preceeded by the word then or thence Example: N 220 E 100' (lst call), thence N 800 E 1W (2nd call) | en |
| call | make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll" indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate" give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game | en |