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trading unit
The smallest bundle of shares you can usually buy at once in a market, like 100 shares in Tokyo.
The fuller meaning
The standard minimum order quantity. Japanese shares usually trade in units of 100, though some brokers offer smaller odd lots, while India's cash market and the US allow a single share; it affects how precisely a position can be sized.
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