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title: "Order book: what it means · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/order-book
description: "Order book: The orders investors place for a new bond while it is sold, also called the order book."
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# Order book

What does “Order book” mean?

Order bookSee bond book.

[Bond book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/bond-book) The orders investors place for a new bond while it is sold, also called the order book. A book five times covered holds five dollars of bids for every dollar of bonds on offer. *The Introduction; chapters 10, 11.*

From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

## Also discussed in

- Scorecard indicator [Amazon Jul. bond cover (orders against bonds offered)](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-24)

## Related terms

- [Bond book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/bond-book)

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