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Call Waiting: If your line is busy, callers are asked to wait while you are alerted to their incoming call.

Graduated Call Writing: The time period stipulated in most loan contracts and insurance policies during which a late payment will not result in default or cancellation.

Great Call: Describes the sale of securities that have not officially been issued to firms other than the underwriting syndicate. This type of market serves as a good indicator of demand for a new issue . . . View Full Definition

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO): A term, currently used most often in international trade discussions, that designates crops that carry new traits that have been inserted through advanced genetic engineering methods (e.g., . . . View Full Definition

Function Call: A function call is another way to refer to calling a method that has been declared and defined elsewhere. For instance: methodname():,

House Call: A type of account at a brokerage firm that is given a high level of priority and is handled by the main office or an executive, rather than a traditional salesperson.

Hygroscopically: By absorbing moisture from air.

Local Calling Area: The geographical area that a customer may call without incurring toll charges.

Irrational Call Option: The implied call imbedded in a MBS. Irrational because the call is sometimes not exercised when it is in the money (interest rates are below the threshold to refinance), and sometimes exerci . . . View Full Definition

Implied Call: Result of a borrower's reduced credit rating.