limit order

noun

, Stock Exchange.

1. an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at a specific price. Compare stop order ( def ), market order ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of limit order¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Whether there are parameters there, limit order versus market, a whole bunch of things.

From The Verge

By the time she heard about it, the frenzy was past; she put in a limit order to sell the shares at a point where they would have been worth double what they cost all those years ago, but the stock had already fallen below that level and is now roughly back to the levels it was at a week before the frenzy began.

From Seattle Times

One Coinbase Pro user told Reuters by message: “The outage prevented me from submitting a buy limit order which would’ve been executed as the limit price was met. At this time the order finally went through but I missed the price for now.”

From Reuters

The judge declined a request from the Tavern League to keep the capacity limit order on hold while the lawsuit is pending.

From Washington Times

The judge declined a request from the Tavern League to keep the capacity limit order on hold while the lawsuit is pending.

From Seattle Times