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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 a stock broker to sell stocks imediately, at whatever price reflects the current value 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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