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Meaning of insider trading | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.

uncountable

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Examples

“Wall Street wants repeal of the provisions for penalizing executives (and large stockholders) who trade in their company's securities. It claims that publicity on such "insider" trading is enough.”
“The aim of insider trading law is simple: prohibit people from profiting from advance knowledge of a stock-moving event—be it a merger, an earnings warning or a soon-to-be-published news story.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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