market order

noun Stock Exchange.

an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.
Compare limit order, stop order.

Origin of market order

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby market order

market forces, market garden, market gardening, market letter, market maker, market order, market price, market rent, market research, market segment, market segmentation

British Dictionary definitions for market order

market order

noun

an instruction to a broker to sell or buy at the best price currently obtainable on the market