Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BUY STOP ORDER
  
  A buy order not to be executed until the market price rises to the stop price. Once the security has broken through that price, the order is then treated as a market order. Also known as a suspended market order. Often used to protect against loss on a short sale.
  
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