stop order

noun

: an order to a broker to buy or sell respectively at the market when the price of a security advances or declines to a designated level

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Shares in United Airlines and American Airlines, both of which issued ground stop orders earlier today, have recovered earlier losses as well. Rohan Goswami,ashley Capoot,ruxandra Iordache,jenni Reid,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 July 2024 According to the airline, the ground stop order was issued at approximately 10:30 a.m. Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024 The various types of limit and stop orders can help automate the process by only triggering an order to sell if a price gets above or below a specific threshold. Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 Concord Farms also has run afoul of Planning and Building Department codes, getting a notice of violation and a stop order on new worker housing development on site in 2019, according to records reviewed by The Chronicle. Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for stop order 

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stop order was in 1882

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“Stop order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20order. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

stop order

see order sense 4b

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