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bounce definition - finance
  1. A quick, but moderate, upward rise in a market that had previously traded lower. Also called a dead cat bounce when price gains arenÂ’t expected to last.
  2. To write a check without having sufficient funds to cover it. A bounced check is one that has been rejected by a bank because there are insufficient funds in the checking account.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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