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