"day trade" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: day trades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} day trade (plural day trades)
  1. (business, finance) A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day. Categories (topical): Business, Finance Translations (buying and selling within a single market day): päiväkauppa (Finnish), dagshandel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-day_trade-en-noun-qX2of9GQ Topics: business, finance

Verb

Forms: day trades [present, singular, third-person], day trading [participle, present], day traded [participle, past], day traded [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} day trade (third-person singular simple present day trades, present participle day trading, simple past and past participle day traded)
  1. (business, finance) To engage, as a deliberate investment strategy, in the very short-term trading of stocks or other securities, by selling any given security within the same market day during which it was purchased. Categories (topical): Business, Finance Synonyms: day-trade, daytrade Derived forms: day trader
    Sense id: en-day_trade-en-verb-pIXy2emJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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