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Glossary   >   S   >   "Spread" Definition            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. Glossary    Dictionary Search (powered by Google) WWW ITLOCUS.COM GLOSSARY.ITLOCUS.COM Translate a web page (powered by Google)      to German Spanish French Italian Portuguese Japanese Korean Chinese

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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.