aged fail

aged fail definition - finance
A contract or trade between two brokers or dealers that remains unsettled after 30 days of the settlement date. The account can no longer be treated as an asset for the firm on the receiving end of the transaction.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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