| 释义 |
call
n. 1. A ceremony at which students of the Inns of Court become barristers. The name of the student is read out and he is “called to the Bar” by the Treasurer of his Inn. Call ceremonies take place four times a year, once in each dining term. 2. A demand by a company under the terms of the articles of association or an ordinary resolution requiring company members to pay up fully or in part the nominal value of their shares. Unless the articles provide otherwise, calls must be made equally upon all shareholders of the same class. Calls should be distinguished from instalments, which become due upon a date predetermined at the time the shares were issued. See also paid-up capital. |