limit order
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of limit order
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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, "if you count all those unique permutations you get to 2,000 and you create what can count as one, which is a limit order," he said.
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
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