Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [stop laws, los]
- /stɒp lɔs, lɒs/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [stop laws, los]
- /stɒp lɔs, lɒs/
Definitions of stop-loss word
- adjective stop-loss designed or planned to prevent continued loss, as a customer's order to a broker to sell a stock if its price declines to a specific amount. 1
- adjective stop-loss stock market: preventing financial loss 1
- adjective stop-loss of or relating to an order to a broker in a commodity or security market to close an open position at a specified price in order to limit any loss 0
Information block about the term
Origin of stop-loss
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Stop-loss
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stop-loss popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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