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Break
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Break
A rapid and sharp price decline. Related: Crash.

break
1. 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.
2. A discrepancy on the books of a brokerage firm.

break
1. To dissolve an underwriting syndicate.
2. See bust.

Break
1. A sudden, unexpected change in a security's price or in a market's value. While a break could indicate either upward or downward change, the connotation is negative. Especially on the futures market, a break means a steep decline in price, usually the result of a natural disaster affecting the underlying.

2. Less frequently, break refers to a discrepancy in a brokerage's accounting books.


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But a series of double faults by the Dutch 17-yearold allowed Robson to break serve and take the second set.
Neither player could break serve until the final game of the second set, when Russia's Korolev fell behind love-40 and lost on the first match point as he fired a backhand long.
Neither player could break serve until the final game of the second set, when Russia's Korolev fell behind love-40 and lost on the first match point as he fired a backhand long.
 
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