split order

split order definition - finance
A large order that is broken into smaller pieces to be executed one at a time, in order to lessen the effect on pricing.

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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