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desk definition - finance
A short way of saying trading desk. The term is used across all financial and commodities markets. A trading desk is the department that is responsible for executing securities transactions.

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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