limit order
noun
,
Stock Market.
1.
an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at a specific price.
Also called
limited order
.
Compare
stop order
,
market order
.
Examples from the web for
limit order
And even if you had a sell
limit order
, which lets you define a specific price to sell at, the sell would never have executed.
With a
limit order
, you spec ify the price at which you are willing to buy or sell a stock.
With a
limit order
, you tell your broker at what price you want to buy or sell the stock.