market order

noun

, Stock Exchange.

1. an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.

market order

noun

1. an instruction to a broker to sell or buy at the best price currently obtainable on the market

Word History and Origins

Origin of market order¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Researchers at the University of Michigan have also published a paper about using GANs to create fake stock market orders.

From Fortune

But don't let me keep you and Babs up; it won't take me long to arrange to-morrow's market order for Grimes.

From Project Gutenberg