close price

1 of 2

noun

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: a price in a stock exchange showing slight variation between bid and asked prices or between successive transactions

close-price

2 of 2

intransitive verb

: to limit prices so as to allow only a slight margin of profit especially through government negotiation with manufacturers when competition is not effective

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close price

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