capital call

同学你好，capital call这里就是逐笔进行投资的意思。翻译过来可以叫资本请求。因为LP承诺给GP资金，不是一次到位的，而是有一个项目再把钱打过来，没有项目的时候不会把钱放在GP下面空转的。所以一般会规定好commitment capital是多少，分多长时间投资完。这个投资的过程就是capital call.

附上原版书的原文辅助理解。

The limited partners (or shareholders) commit to a specific investment amount that the general partner (in an LLC, the managing director) “takes down” over time in a series of capital calls to make specific investments or to pay expenses; private equity funds usually do not maintain a pool of uninvested capital.