odd-lot
Example Sentences
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“Analysts looking for a durable low in gold would much prefer to see panicked liquidation by these odd-lot buyers,” Mr. Ramsey wrote.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2013
At prices like these, there is little room for error, especially for the Main Street odd-lot investors who put all their money to work at once, rather than dipping in on the corrections.
From Forbes • May 5, 2011
Eisen's problem was to satisfy a judge that the huge, unwieldy group of odd-lot traders could be managed under precise rules authorized by Congress.
From Time Magazine Archive
Round-lot and odd-lot trading stands at 232 million shares, v.
From Time Magazine Archive
Midgett's Bookshop at the corner of the High Street was still open and an old man with spectacles and a flowing beard stood poring over the odd-lot box at 2d. a volume by the door.
From The Wooden Horse by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
