locked in

locked in definition - business

locked in

  1. Describing the situation of having a large paper, or unrealized, profit in a security position, with the result being that sale of the security would engender substantial taxation.
  2. Describing the position of a commodities trader when the price of a contract has moved the daily limit and contracts in the commodity cannot be bought or sold.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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