time stamp

time stamp definition - finance
A time-logging machine which records the exact time trading orders are received and the time theyÂ’re executed. In the instance of computer-driven trading programs, time stamps are applied by the software.

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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