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stop-loss

American  
[stop-laws, -los] / ˈstɒpˌlɔs, -ˌlɒs /

adjective

  1. designed or planned to prevent continued loss, as a customer's order to a broker to sell a stock if its price declines to a specific amount.

stop-loss British  

adjective

  1. commerce of or relating to an order to a broker in a commodity or security market to close an open position at a specified price in order to limit any loss

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Etymology

Origin of stop-loss

First recorded in 1900–05

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