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Bid Size — The number of shares being offered for purchase at a specified bid price, that a buyer is willing to purchase at that bid price. For example, if an investor wants to buy 200 shares of Company ABC at $10 per share, the bid size is 200 shares. A… … Investment dictionary
Bid Price — The price a buyer is willing to pay for a security. This is one part of the bid with the other being the bid size, which details the amount of shares the investor is willing to purchase at the bid price. The opposite of the bid is the ask price,… … Investment dictionary
bid-rigging — This is when companies agree the outcome of a tender process amongst themselves either by deciding in advance which company will bid, who will bid the best price or what the tender price should be. Bid rigging is strictly prohibited under… … Law dictionary
bid rigging — This is when companies agree the outcome of a tender process amongst themselves either by deciding in advance which company will bid, who will bid the best price or what the tender price should be. Bid rigging is strictly prohibited under… … Law dictionary
Bid tv — Infobox TV channel name = bid tv logofile = Bid tv logo.png logosize = logoalt = launch = October, 2000 share = 0.1% share as of = June 2008 share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti] owner = sit up… … Wikipedia
size — Refers to the magnitude of an offering, an order, or a trade. Large as in the size of an offering, the size of an order, or the size of a trade. Size is relative from market to market and security to security. I can buy size at 102 22, means that … Financial and business terms
Bid-Ask Spread — The amount by which the ask price exceeds the bid. This is essentially the difference in price between the highest price that a buyer is willing to pay for an asset and the lowest price for which a seller is willing to sell it. For example, if… … Investment dictionary
bid/offer spread — The difference between the bid price and the offer price of a security. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary The offer price is what you pay if you want to buy an investment and the bid price is what you get when you want to sell.… … Financial and business terms
size out the book — Overt action to exclude a public bid or offer from participation in a print through trading a larger size in the book. Can never size out a market order. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: priority, shut out the book. Bloomberg Financial… … Financial and business terms
Ask Size — The amount of a security that a market maker is offering to sell at the ask price. The higher the ask size, the more supply there is that people want to sell. When a buyer seeks to purchase a security, he or she can accept the ask price and buy… … Investment dictionary
