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Traders forming new price levels on public markets still incur substantial risk that the price will move against them when filled.

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Quick take

fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of substantial gathered in one view.

adjective

fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"

adjective

having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"

adjective

having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for substantial.

adjective

fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"

adjective

having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"

adjective

having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare

adjective

providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"

See also: hearty, satisfying, solid, square

adjective

of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"

Example sentences

Traders forming new price levels on public markets still incur substantial risk that the price will move against them when filled.

I would not act to antagonize them absent substantial provocation.

Is he just slightly impractical or is he extremely impractical?What I don't see is any substantial discussion of the OP.

Of course, it is possible that a lawyer may be willing to take on the case, at substantial cost, just to get publicity or for some other non-monetary motive.

Needless to say income is substantial in this type of sales where base salaries are easily $100-$150k and you can find yourself earning at least $250k in a slow year, and as good as maybe $1M in a very good one.

Just take a look at Amazon, eBay, iTunes, and what have yous that have substantial search functionality - Windows expects everyone to cram their search needs into a single freeform text input.

In plaintiffs' practice, likewise, I was always a strong advocate of standing upon principle and taking cases all the way to judgment, even when substantial offers of settlement were on the table.

Unfortunately, the public doesn't understand why privacy is important, and Americans aren't nearly angry enough for Congress to do anything more substantial than the Freedom Act.

Remember when Facebook started aggressively poaching Google employees and Google responded publicly by giving every engineer a substantial raise and privately in ways substantially more expensive than that?

" Imagine assembling a "A" team of scholars and scientists, getting them to make substantial, substantive contributions in each of their respective areas of expertise, and publishing the results under the guidance of a top editorial board.

After hiring a firm out of the midwest to manage the construction on a fixed-fee contract, it proceeded to make life miserable for that firm by making never-ending revisions to the project plans throughout the course of construction and this not only caused that firm to incur cost overruns but also had the effect of causing substantial delays in getting the work done.