"wash trade" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wash trades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wash trade (plural wash trades)
  1. A trade in which someone simultaneously sells and buys (from themselves) the same financial instruments, to create misleading, artificial activity in the market (especially to make the instruments appear to be frequently traded and in demand). Wikipedia link: wash trade Categories (topical): Finance Related terms: wash sale, tape painting, paint the tape
    Sense id: en-wash_trade-en-noun-GQT5gt~t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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