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Noun: stop-loss order
  1. An order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
    "The investor placed a stop-loss order to limit potential losses";
    - stop order

Derived forms: stop-loss orders

Type of: order, PO, purchase order

Encyclopedia: Stop-loss order