stop order
noun
an order from a customer to a broker to sell a security if the market price drops below a designated level.
Origin of stop order
1First recorded in 1870–75
- Also called stop-limit order, stop-loss order.
- Compare limit order, market order.
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How to use stop order in a sentence
When she sees me though, she puts a stop order on all that third-rate stuff and tells the cook to go the limit.
Torchy and Vee | Sewell Ford
British Dictionary definitions for stop order
stop order
noun
stock exchange an instruction to a broker to sell one or more shares when the price offered for them falls below a stipulated level: Also called: stop-loss order
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