market order
noun
: an order to buy or sell securities or commodities immediately at the best price obtainable in the market
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Liquor shares plummet after a local media report that executive of an unnamed liquor producer will attend a symposium held by Chinese regulator over market order of the sector. 
Olivia Tam, Bloomberg.com, 6 Aug. 2021 This new judicial class deemed not only labor legislation but strikes and boycotts a mortal threat to the classical liberal market order, and punished them accordingly. Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2022 With its disdain for the law and human institutions, crypto strikes at the heart of the market order. Matt Sekerke, National Review, 1 Oct. 2021 The regulators accused the platforms for disrupting market order with price incentives, as well as using false or misleading price tactics. Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 10 June 2021 In areas where a market monopoly can be spotted, the regulator will step up probes to ensure fair competition and market order, Liang said. Bloomberg.com, 11 Nov. 2020 The mechanism would only apply to market orders, in which traders passively accept whatever closing price is released by NYSE or Nasdaq. Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 The thinking is that the first 30 minutes represent emotional buying, driven by greed and fear of the crowd based on good and bad news as well as a lot of buying on market orders and short covering. Washington Post, 14 May 2019 For most long-term investors in a reasonably calm market, a market order is fine. John Waggoner, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2019 See More
Olivia Tam, Bloomberg.com, 6 Aug. 2021 This new judicial class deemed not only labor legislation but strikes and boycotts a mortal threat to the classical liberal market order, and punished them accordingly. Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2022 With its disdain for the law and human institutions, crypto strikes at the heart of the market order. Matt Sekerke, National Review, 1 Oct. 2021 The regulators accused the platforms for disrupting market order with price incentives, as well as using false or misleading price tactics. Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 10 June 2021 In areas where a market monopoly can be spotted, the regulator will step up probes to ensure fair competition and market order, Liang said. Bloomberg.com, 11 Nov. 2020 The mechanism would only apply to market orders, in which traders passively accept whatever closing price is released by NYSE or Nasdaq. Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 The thinking is that the first 30 minutes represent emotional buying, driven by greed and fear of the crowd based on good and bad news as well as a lot of buying on market orders and short covering. Washington Post, 14 May 2019 For most long-term investors in a reasonably calm market, a market order is fine. John Waggoner, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined above