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stop order

noun

Definition of STOP ORDER

:  an order to a broker to buy or sell respectively at the market when the price of a security advances or declines to a designated level
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First Known Use of STOP ORDER

1882

Rhymes with STOP ORDER

awarder, back order, close order, court order, disorder, gag order, in order, keyboarder, mail-order, on order, recorder, reorder, rewarder, sailboarder, short-order, skateboarder, snowboarder, suborder, surfboarder, third order, to order, transborder, wakeboarder, word order

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2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. stop order
  2. stop-loss order
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