See Also: Public Book (of order)(money)
Public book (of order)(finance)
order book(dictionary)
order book(dictionary)
Order book(finance)
Limit order book(money)
Order Book Official(finance)
Order Book Official(money)
Limit order book(finance)
Public Order Offense(law)

Public book (of order) (finance) and piked(14) (iou)


Public book (of order) (finance)


The orders to buy or sell, entered by the public, that are generally away from the current market. The order book official or specialist keeps the public book. Market-Makers on the CBOE can see the highest bid and lowest offer at any time.





piked(14) (iou)



piked adjective1. ME.
[from PIKE noun1, verb1: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Having a sharp point or spike. Cf. PICKED adjective1 1. ME.
b. Of an animal or plant: having a sharp point, spines, or prickles. Now rare. E17.
Tapering to a point. LME.
Special collocations: piked dogfish = spur-dog s.v. SPUR noun1. piked horn a woman's tall conical head-dress fashionable in the 14th and 15th cents. piked shoe a shoe with a long pointed toe, a poulaine. piked whale the minke whale.