call

noun

1. 1

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

   he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call

2. 2

   a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course

   he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call

3. 3

   (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee

   he was ejected for protesting the call

4. 4

   a visit in an official or professional capacity

   the pastor's calls on his parishioners

   the salesman's call on a customer

5. 5

   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

6. 6

   a telephone connection

   she reported several anonymous calls

   he placed a phone call to London

7. 7

   an instruction that interrupts the program being executed

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

8. 8

   the characteristic sound produced by a bird

   a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age

9. 9

   a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

   the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience

10. 10

    a request

    many calls for Christmas stories

    not many calls for buggywhips

11. 11

    a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"

12. 12

    a demand for a show of hands in a card game

    after two raises there was a call