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Translations:      FR  ordre à cours limite (n.f.) , ordre limite (n.f.)     ES  orden limitada (n.f.) , orden límite (n.f.)     DE  Limitauftrag (n.f.) , Limitorder (n.f.) , Order zu bestimmtem Kurs (n.f.) 

  Concise definition of the term limit order

A limit order is an order to buy or sell a security at a specific price or better.

  Comprehensive definition of the term limit order

A buy limit order can only be executed at the limit price or lower, and a sell limit order can only be executed at the limit price or higher.

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