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        Spread

(1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. Also known as a straddle. (3) Difference between the price at which an underwriter buys an issue from a firm and the price at which the underwriter sells it to the public. (4) The price an issuer pays above a benchmark fixed-income yield to borrow money.

1. The difference between the bid and the ask prices of a security or asset.

The difference between the bid price and the offer price for shares and for units in a unit trust. Market makers make their profit from the spread. They buy shares at the lower bid price and sell at the higher offer one.

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Spread - (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. Also known as a straddle. (3) Difference between the price at which an underwriter buys an issue from a firm and the price at which the underwriter sells it to the public. (4) The price an issuer pays above a benchmark fixed-income yield to borrow money.

1. The difference between the bid and the ask prices of a security or asset.

The difference between the bid price and the offer price for shares and for units in a unit trust. Market makers make their profit from the spread. They buy shares at the lower bid price and sell at the higher offer one.


Spread : (1) the gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) the simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. also known as a straddle. (3) difference between the price at which an underwriter buys an issue from a firm and the price at which the underwriter sells it to the public. (4) the price an issuer pays above a benchmark fixed-income yield to borrow money.

1. the difference between the bid and the ask prices of a security or asset.

the difference between the bid price and the offer price for shares and for units in a unit trust. market makers make their profit from the spread. they buy shares at the lower bid price and sell at the higher offer one.