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stop' or"der




an order from a customer to a broker to sell a security if the market price drops below a designated level. Also called stop-limit order, stop-loss order. Cf. limit order, market order.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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