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• The difference in price between what a buyer offers to pay for a commodity and what a seller offers to accept for a commodity, sometimes referred to as bid-offer spread.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Bid-ask differential, or spread. (n.d.). Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/bid-ask-differential-or-spread.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Bid-ask differential, or spread. www.ferc.gov. Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/bid-ask-differential-or-spread (accessed: February 8, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Bid-ask differential, or spread." Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. 8 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/bid-ask-differential-or-spread.

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