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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An order to buy or sell a stock or other security at the prevailing market price.
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- noun stock market An
instruction to astock broker to sellstocks imediately, at whatever price reflects the currentvalue of the stock.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price
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