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Bid
Definition 1
The highest price any buyer is willing to pay for a given security at a given time;
also called Bid price. Quoted Bid is a maximum price that a Market maker will pay for a security.
Definition 2
An Offer of a specific amount of Money in Exchange for products and services, as in an auction.
Definition 3
In some cases, this Term also refers to the maximum that an acquiring company is willing to pay for a Takeover target.
Related Terms: 19
Bid , Buy , Call , Exchange , ECU , ECI , FIN , High , Market maker , Money , Market , Offer , Quote , Ring , SEC , Term , Takeover , Takeover target , Target
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10-Q ,
10-K ,
1035 exchange ,
52-week high ,
12b-1 funds ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued market discount ,
Agency security ,
American Stock Exchange ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asked price ,
Asking price ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Active money ,
Adjusted futures price ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Amortization term ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Average price per share ,
Aggregate exercise price ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Amount recognized ,
Active market ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Auction market ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Back pay ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Bank holding company ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Barren money ,
Best bid ,
Bid ,
Bid/ask spread ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond Buyer ,
Bond market ,
Bond quote ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Buy ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy limit order ,
Buy minus ,
Buy minus order ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy order ,
Buy stop order ,
Buy the book ,
Broad money ,
Balance of payments ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Bulldog market ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bank term loan ,
Bust-up takeover ,
Blitzkrieg tender offer ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Buy-side ,
Blow-off top ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Bull market ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Cabinet security ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Capital market ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Conversion parity price ,
Conversion price ,
Convertible security ,
Current market value ,
Call money rate ,
Code of procedure ,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange ,
Capitalization of income ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash market ,
Cash price ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Commodities Exchange Center ,
Commodity Exchange ,
Commodity-product spread ,
Contract market ,
Convertible term insurance ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Chicago Board Options Exchange ,
Cost of carry ,
Competitive bid ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Controlled company ,
Creeping tender offer ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Covered call ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Choice market ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close market ,
Closing price ,
Continuous market ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Debt service coverage ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Dealer market ,
Debt market ,
Digested security ,
Dollar price ,
Droplock security ,
Dutch auction ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Delivery price ,
Derivative security ,
Decreasing term life ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Debt service ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Distressed security ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Daily high ,
Deep market ,
Depth of market ,
Double auction market ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Exchange ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
External market ,
Either-or order ,
Exchange seat ,
ECU ,
Exchange rate ,
Extended broad money ,
ECI ,
E-mini ,
Exchange against actuals ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Exchange versus cash ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Emerging market ,
Ex-all ,
Exchange ratio ,
Exchange fund ,
Exchange privilege ,
Exchange-traded option ,
Expiration time ,
Ex-warrants ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Exchange distribution ,
First In First Out ,
Form 10-Q ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Face-amount certificate ,
First call date ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Full price ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Full-service brokerage ,
Fiat money ,
Floating exchange rate ,
Foreign exchange ,
Foreign exchange rate ,
Forward exchange rate ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Free market ,
Free market price ,
Forward price ,
Futures price ,
Face amount ,
Fee-for-service ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Finance company ,
Full faith and credit ,
Friendly takeover ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
FIN ,
Fourth market ,
Graduated security ,
G-7 ,
GDP implicit price deflator ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
Gross National Product ,
G-8 ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Graveyard market ,
High-grade bond ,
High yield ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
Hang Seng Index ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High ,
High-flyer ,
High-tech stock ,
Holding company ,
Holder in due course ,
Hang out loan ,
High credit ,
High-ratio mortgage ,
Home equity line of credit ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Housing Market Index ,
Head and shoulders ,
High-low index ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Horizontal price movement ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Intermediate-term ,
Investment security ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Inefficient market ,
Inverted market ,
Internal market ,
Inside market ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Investment company ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Imbalance of orders ,
Imperfect market ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint will ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Long-term ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit price ,
Long Market Value ,
Lawful money ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Limited company ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Level term insurance ,
Long-term care insurance ,
Long-term debt ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Living will ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Long-term mortgage ,
Long-term lease ,
Leading the market ,
Like-kind exchange ,
Limited Liability Company ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Locked market ,
Money center bank ,
Money order ,
Mutual company ,
Marketable security ,
Market basket ,
Market capitalization ,
Market conversion price ,
Medium-term ,
Medium-term bond ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market if touched order ,
Market letter ,
Market maker ,
Market maker spread ,
Market on close order ,
Market order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Money management ,
Multiple Listing Service ,
Medium of exchange ,
Money ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Market economy ,
Make whole provision ,
Market rate ,
Money at call ,
Money factor ,
Management company ,
Market cap ,
Market neutral ,
Market portfolio ,
Market timer ,
Market timing ,
Market analysis ,
Market ,
Market inefficiency ,
Market opening ,
Market return ,
Market-share weighted index ,
Market surveillance ,
Market-value weighted index ,
Market Volatility Index ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Mixed market ,
Money flow ,
Near money ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
National Market System ,
Negotiable security ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Noncompetitive bid ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
No quote ,
New York Futures Exchange ,
Normal market ,
Null and void ,
Notice of Default ,
Notional principal amount ,
Naked call ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market ,
Narrow market ,
National Market Advisory Board ,
Negotiated market ,
Net change ,
New high ,
Off-balance-sheet financing ,
Off the books ,
One time charge ,
Other long term liabilities ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Offer ,
Offering price ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
Off-floor order ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Open market operation ,
Offshore company ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end management company ,
Option price ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio ,
Off-board ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open market ,
Operationally efficient market ,
Option exchange ,
Outside market ,
Pooling of interests ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Pro forma ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Provisional call feature ,
Payment for order flow ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Price index ,
Producer Price Index ,
Parity price ,
Physical market ,
Price limit ,
Primary market ,
Public company ,
Public offering price ,
Pour-over will ,
Power of Attorney ,
Principal amount ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Purchase-money mortgage ,
Private Market Value ,
Price spread ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Pre-syndicate bid ,
Private company ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Price range ,
Price-weighted index ,
Primary exchange ,
Put/call ratio ,
Quote ,
Quote ticker ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Regulation Q ,
Rating service ,
Redemption price ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Reading the tape ,
Real-time trade reporting ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Regulated investment company ,
Retail Price Index ,
Registered Company ,
Regulation A ,
Reverse Take-Over ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Roll over ,
Rule of 78 ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Real-time ,
Regional exchange ,
Ring ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
Short-term reserves ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
SEC ,
Secondary market ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Short-term ,
Stamped security ,
SEC fee ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Stop price ,
Syndicate bid ,
Standard of living ,
Series 3 ,
Settlement price ,
Spot market ,
Spot price ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Stock exchange ,
Stock market ,
Subscription price ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Short market value ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Share price ,
Split-adjusted price ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
Smart money ,
Specialist market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Term CD ,
Time deposit ,
Time draft ,
T-Bill ,
Term ,
Term bond ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury auction ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Time order ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tight money ,
Take delivery ,
Term insurance ,
Tender offer ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Trust company ,
TED spread ,
Term deposit ,
Term loan ,
Time note ,
Truth in Lending ,
Takeover ,
Takeover target ,
Target ,
Term trust ,
Time spread ,
Tenancy at will ,
Time-sharing ,
Title company ,
Top hat plan ,
The Street ,
Time stop ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
Take profits ,
Target price ,
Term repo ,
Thin market ,
Third market ,
Tight market ,
Transparent market ,
Term sheet ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Underlying security ,
Uncovered call ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Wage price spiral ,
Waiver of premium ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
Weak market ,
When, as, and if issued ,
Wide market ,
X or XD ,
Year-over-year ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares