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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A quantity that differs from a standard trading unit, especially an amount of stock of fewer than 100 shares.
 
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- noun economics  A 
block ofshares ofstock that is not a multiple of somenumber , usually 100. - noun economics  A set of 
leftover goods, of a quantity less than an evenly divisible shippable unit, often sold atreduced price . 
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