cash callnoun [ C ]
ukusFINANCE a request from a company to its shareholders asking them to provide more money:
a cash call on sb A cash call on investors is one option for financing the purchase.
make/launch a cash call Unlike many competitors, we haven't made the cash call.
£2bn/$50 million, etc. cash call The fitness group is struggling to get a £1.6m cash call off the ground.