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Noun: market order  'maa(r)-kit 'or-du(r)
  1. An order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price
    "He placed a market order to sell 100 shares of the stock"

Derived forms: market orders

Type of: order, PO, purchase order

Encyclopedia: Market order