MARGIN ACCOUNT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("margin account" is a kind of...):

brokerage account (a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage)

Antonym:

cash account (an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basis)