market order
noun
: an order to buy or sell securities or commodities immediately at the best price obtainable in the market
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Their farmers’ market orders are being chopped in half, their dishes are losing their nuance, and Richie can’t even summon up a good motivational quote to close the preservice meeting.
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 June 2025
In total, 284 market orders were executed at least in part, with a market value of $1.4 billion.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 22 May 2024
Some ways to sell a concentrated holding include: limit orders and stop orders and dollar-cost averaging out of the stock at pre-determined intervals using market orders.
—Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Different ways to trade There are more ways to sell stock than just placing one big market order.
—Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
In their groundbreaking research, the team sought the forex brokers with the quickest execution speeds for limit and market orders.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
Meanwhile, Fusion Markets made a notable splash in the market orders arena, leading the field with a swift 70 milliseconds.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
Market depth was measured as the market’s ability to sustain relatively large market orders without impacting the asset price.
—WSJ, 12 June 2023
Earlier this month, Pinduoduo’s community group-purchase business was fined alongside four other operators for excessive subsidies in the second half of 2020, a move that had disrupted market order, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation.
—Fortune, 18 Mar. 2021
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 June 2025
In total, 284 market orders were executed at least in part, with a market value of $1.4 billion.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 22 May 2024
Some ways to sell a concentrated holding include: limit orders and stop orders and dollar-cost averaging out of the stock at pre-determined intervals using market orders.
—Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Different ways to trade There are more ways to sell stock than just placing one big market order.
—Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
In their groundbreaking research, the team sought the forex brokers with the quickest execution speeds for limit and market orders.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
Meanwhile, Fusion Markets made a notable splash in the market orders arena, leading the field with a swift 70 milliseconds.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
Market depth was measured as the market’s ability to sustain relatively large market orders without impacting the asset price.
—WSJ, 12 June 2023
Earlier this month, Pinduoduo’s community group-purchase business was fined alongside four other operators for excessive subsidies in the second half of 2020, a move that had disrupted market order, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation.
—Fortune, 18 Mar. 2021
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“Market order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20order. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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