Meanings
- uncountablebusinessThe illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.
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.
2003 June 5, Jake Ulick, “Insider trading: A primer”, in CNNMoney.com, retrieved 25 Oct 20081 more example
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.
1942 February 9, “Back to Philadelphia”, in TimeSynonyms: inside dealing, inside trading, insider dealing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 內線交易 /内线交易, 內部交易 /内部交易
- 內線交易 /内线交易 (nèixiàn jiāoyì)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
- 內部交易 /内部交易 (nèibù jiāoyì)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
- 內幕交易 /内幕交易 (nèimù jiāoyì)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Danish insiderhandel
- insiderhandeltrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Dutch handel met voorkennis
- handel met voorkennistrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Finnish sisäpiirikauppa
- sisäpiirikauppatrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
French délit d'initié
- délit d'initiétrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
German Insiderhandel
- Insiderhandeltrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Hungarian bennfentes kereskedés
- bennfentes kereskedéstrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Indonesian perdagangan orang dalam
- perdagangan orang dalamtrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Japanese 内部者取引, インサイダー取引
- 内部者取引 (naibusha torihiki)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
- インサイダー取引 (insaidā torihiki)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Korean 내부자 거래
- 내부자 거래 (naebuja georae)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Malay perdagangan orang dalam
- perdagangan orang dalamtrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Norwegian Bokmål innsidehandel
- innsidehandeltrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Polish nielegalny handel akcjami
- nielegalny handel akcjamitrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Portuguese informação privilegiada
- informação privilegiadatrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Russian торго́вля инса́йдерской информа́цией, инса́йдерские торго́вые опера́ции с це́нными бума́гами
- торго́вля инса́йдерской информа́цией (torgóvlja insájdɛrskoj informácijej)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
- инса́йдерские торго́вые опера́ции с це́нными бума́гами (insájdɛrskije torgóvyje operácii s cénnymi bumágami)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
- внутрисекретная торговля (vnutrisekretnaja torgovlja)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
- инсайдерская торговля (insajderskaja torgovlja)trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Swedish insiderhandel
- insiderhandeltrading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
Cite this entry
insider trading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insider%20trading
“insider trading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insider%20trading. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insider trading,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insider%20trading.
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