limit order

American  

noun

Stock Exchange.

1. an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at a specific price.

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Etymology

Origin of limit order

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

A key point about placing a limit order is that if the stock does not get sold off cheaply, you are no worse or better off than you are now because nothing happens.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Whether there are parameters there, limit order versus market, a whole bunch of things.

From The Verge • Mar. 22, 2022

It has also led to a proliferation of different types of orders that go far beyond the basics of a market or limit order to attract firms to trade there.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2015

But one limit order, where the price is "hidden" or not always displayed, has been flagged by critics as suspect because its price can slide up or down as the market moves.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2012

Their hot zeal, only equalled by that of their revelries over the memory of Burns, was unrestrained by limit, order, or degree.

From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John