Noun Definition

call

1.Definition: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee

"He was ejected for protesting the call"

Category: General

2.Definition: a brief social visit

"Senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers", "The characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"

Category: General

3.Definition: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

Category: General

4.Definition: a demand especially in the phrase

"The call of duty"

Related Noun(s):claim

Category: General

5.Definition: a demand for a show of hands in a card game

"After two raises there was a call"

Category: General

6.Definition: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

Related Noun(s):cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell

Category: General

7.Definition: a request

"Many calls for Christmas stories", "Not many calls for buggywhips"

Category: General

8.Definition: a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course

"He was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"

Category: General

9.Definition: 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"

Category: General

10.Definition: a visit in an official or professional capacity

"The pastor's calls on his parishioners", "The salesman's call on a customer"

Category: General

11.Definition: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed

"Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"

Category: General

12.Definition: the characteristic sound produced by a bird

Related Noun(s):birdcall, birdsong, song

Category: General

13.Definition: the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

Category: General