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bid and asked

 
 
adjective (also bid and ask)

Definition

STOCK MARKET used to describe the price that someone pays when buying shares, etc. and gets when selling them: Prices for options are quoted as bid and asked. → See also asked price, bid price
(Definition of bid and asked adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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