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Stop

1. An order to a broker to buy or sell a security at the best available price once a certain, stated price is reached. Suppose that price is $50. A stop order remains inactive until that security begins trading at $50, at which point the broker may fill the order at best price he/she is able to find. See also: Stop-limit order, Stop-loss order.

2. An order by the SEC to stop a new issue from taking place because of an omission or inaccuracy on its filing statement. See also: Deficiency letter.

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Concerning them Jerome said: "We who are making for our homeland should pass by the deadly songs of the Sirens with a deaf ear," by stopping our ears like the adder, by sealing them with pitch, just as Ulysses and his comrades did.

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the purchase of the 15% Notes, Petro Stopping Centers Holdings

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