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Zero Order Reaction: A reaction with a reaction rate that does not change when reactant concentrations change.

Sell Limit Order: Conditional trading order that indicates that a security may be sold at the designated price or higher. Related: Buy limit order.

Second-Order: The frequency attenuation that occurs at a rate of 12 db per octave.

Sell Order: An order that may take many different forms by an investor to a broker to sell a particular stock, bond, option, future, mutual fund, or other holding.

Sell Plus Order: Market or limit order to sell a stated amount of stock provided that the price to be obtained is not lower than the last sale if the last sale was a plus, or zero plus tick, and is not lower . . . View Full Definition

Second Order Reaction: A reaction with a rate law that is proportional to either the concentration of a reactant squared, or the product of concentrations of two reactants.

Scale Order: Order to buy (sell) a security that specifies the total amount to be bought (sold) and the amount to be bought (sold) at successively decreasing (increasing) price intervals; often placed in . . . View Full Definition

Restraining Order: An order that may issue from filing for an injunction. Though the term is sometimes used as a synonym of injunction, it is distinguished from an injunction in that it is intended only as a r . . . View Full Definition

Reversible Reaction: A chemical reaction which can proceed in either direction, depending on the concentration of reacting materials.

Roll Order: (1) Dividend roll; (2) Replacement of a maturing position with an identical one in the new maturity; (3) Recognizition of capital gain or loss while reestablishing the position at the risk o . . . View Full Definition