Market Basket: Average quantities of consumables, including U.S. farm foods, purchased per household for a given base period, used to compute an index of retail prices.

 

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Market Basket: Average quantities of consumables, including U.S. farm foods, purchased per household for a given base period, used to compute an index of retail prices.

Marketable Securities: Securities that can readily be converted into cash, including government securities, bankers' acceptances, and commercial paper.

Marketability: A negotiable security is said to have good marketability if there is an active secondary market in which it can easily be resold.

Market-On-Close (MOC) Order: An order to trade stocks, options, or futures as close as possible to the market close.

Marketable Title: Good or clear title, reasonably free from the risk of litigation over possible defects.

Marketing: The promotional activities that bring buyers and sellers together.

Marketing Assistance Loans: Nonrecourse loans made available to producers of wheat, feed grains, upland and ELS cotton, rice, soybeans, and minor oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act provisions in the . . . View Full Definition

Marketing Assessments: Producers and first purchasers of some supported commodities are required to pay an assessment as a contribution toward achieving budget deficit reduction targets. Under the FAIR Act of 1996 . . . View Full Definition

Market-If-Touched (MIT): A price order, below market if a buy or above market if a sell, that automatically becomes a market order if the specified price is reached.

Marketed Claims: Claims that can be bought and sold in financial markets, such as those of stockholders and bondholders.