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  • 101call — The period at market opening or closing during which futures contract prices are established by auction. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary An option that grants the holder the right to purchase an instrument in the future at a price established… …

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  • 102call*/*/*/ — [kɔːl] verb I 1) [T] to use a particular name or title for someone or something They called the area the Gold Coast.[/ex] The book was called The Journey.[/ex] Her name s Elizabeth, but we call her Liz.[/ex] 2) [T] to describe or refer to someone …

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  • 103call — /kawl/, v.t. 1. to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home. 2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness. 3. to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to… …

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  • 104call — 1. verb 1) Wait for me! she called Syn: cry out, cry, shout, yell, hail, bellow, roar, bawl, vociferate; informal holler 2) I ll call you tomorrow Syn: phone, telephone …

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  • 105call — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cry, shout, yell; summon, bid; convoke, muster; choose, appoint, elect; name, designate; visit, interview. n. summons, demand; shout, yell; signal; impulse, urge; visit. See choice, assemblage,… …

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  • 106call — /kɔ:l/ noun 1. a conversation on the telephone ♦ to make a call to dial and speak to someone on the telephone ♦ to take a call to answer the telephone ♦ to log calls to note all details of telephone calls made 2. a demand for repayment of a loan… …

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  • 107call in — phrasal verb Word forms call in : present tense I/you/we/they call in he/she/it calls in present participle calling in past tense called in past participle called in 1) [intransitive] same as call I, 8), b) call in to do something: I called in to …

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  • 108call back — Ⅰ. UK US call back Phrasal Verb with call({{}}/kɔːl/ verb ► [I] to return to a place in order to see someone or collect something: »She said she d call back later to pick up the report. Ⅱ. UK US call (sb) back Phrasal Verb with …

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  • 109call on — or call upon 1) PHRASAL VERB If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it. [V P n to inf] One of Kenya s leading churchmen has called on the government to resign... [V P n to inf] …

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  • 110call down — verb 1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in the air call down the spirits from the mountain • Syn: ↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke …

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