order book

order book
Compiled list of orders received that are away from the current best price in the market. Exchange Handbook Glossary
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An automatic execution facility operated by the Exchange. Order books facilitate the trading of order book securities. London Stock Exchange Glossary

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order book ˈorder book noun [countable]
a book listing all the orders for goods or services a company has received; also used to talk about the orders themselves:

• The company said its order book now lists 742 planes.

• It's not the only business that can't keep its order books filled.

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order book UK US noun [C] COMMERCE, PRODUCTION
a list of orders for products or services that a business keeps, often used to measure how successful and profitable it is at a particular time: »

The group's order book has continued to expand as a result of buoyant trading in Asia.

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The aerospace engineering company has a record order book of £16.7bn.

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a solid/strong/growing order book

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a $70,000/$350m/$2.3bn order book

an order book grows/stands at »

Their order book currently stands at £219 million, up 79% on the same period three years ago.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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