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DOWNTICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does downtick mean? 

DOWNTICK (noun)
  The noun DOWNTICK has 1 sense:

1. a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transactionplay

  Familiarity information: DOWNTICK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOWNTICK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("downtick" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Antonym:

uptick (a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction)


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