break investment & finance definition
A
quick and sharp price decline; a term frequently used in trading.
See break in Wall Street Words
- A sharp price decline in a particular security or in the market as a whole. A break usually occurs when unexpected negative information is made public and investors rush to sell. Also called market break.
- A discrepancy on the books of a brokerage firm.
- To dissolve an underwriting syndicate.
- See bust.
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