stop order

noun

: an order to a broker to buy or sell respectively at the market when the price of a security advances or declines to a designated level

Examples of stop order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Concord Farms also has run afoul of Planning and Building Department codes, getting a notice of violation and a stop order on new worker housing development on site in 2019, according to records reviewed by The Chronicle. —

Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2023 The stop order by the FAA impacted almost all flights of shippers and passenger airlines. —

The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023 The stop order was lifted just before 9 a.m., but delays and cancellations are expected to snowball. —

The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023 The stop order by the FAA affected almost all flights of shippers and commercial airlines. —

Michelle Chapman, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2023 The stop order on Wednesday morning impacted nearly all commercial and shipping flights. —

Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023 In a morning of chaos on Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration lifted a ground stop order for all flights just before 9 a.m. ET, after fixing a system failure caused by an overnight outage. —

Time, 11 Jan. 2023 Gautz said Tuesday the stop order was not related to the discovery of the rap video. —

Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2022 The stop order came after the department said the Sam’s Club station was selling fuel that didn’t meet existing standards, a violation of state law. —

Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 15 July 2022 See More

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