"stop-loss" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stop-losses [plural]
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  1. (US, military, uncountable) A requirement for soldiers to remain in service beyond their normal discharge date. Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-stop-loss-en-noun-iQdcLMU1 Categories (other): American English, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 55 45 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (stock market, countable) A stop loss order. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Stock market
    Sense id: en-stop-loss-en-noun-1c58FvrV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80 Topics: business, finance, stock-market

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