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Break A rapid and sharp price decline. Related: Crash.
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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Relievers Hector Carrasco, Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez were given a break after a busy weekend. The ability to service devices without bringing the system offline (a feature that is not available on all console servers) is a particular boon to Sun Solaris environments, since these processors incorporate a unique open boot prompt feature that will allow a system or device to be shut down when given a break signal. Four other countries which owe about $370 million will be given a break as well when they end human rights atrocities. |
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