Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ECN
  
  An acronym for either electronic communications network or electronic crossing network. An electronic market place. Examples are Island and Archipelago. At least one ECN is able to submit orders directly to NASDAQ and some may be applying to the SEC to qualify as stock markets.
  
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