slippage

1. The act or an instance of slipping, especially movement away from an original or secure place.
2. The amount or extent of slipping.
3. A decline in level, performance, or achievement.
4. Loss of motion or power because of slipping.

The difference between estimated transaction costs and the amount actually paid.

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Slippage is usually attributed to a change in the spread.

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Securities:

1. Price erosion between a Quoted Price and an Execution due to selling pressure.

2. Higher than expected transaction costs.

Corporate finance: shortfall in projected revenues, sales, earnings, or other target figure.

United Kingdom: excess expenditure of investment capital (in U.S. Called Burn Rate).

1. Term referring to people who purchase a product intending to redeem a coupon, request a rebate, or send in for a premium, but fail to do so.

2. Ratio between people who actually take advantage of the type of promotion defined above and those who don't. This ratio is usually calculated as a percentage of total purchases. Most advertisers project a certain degree of slippage in their promotions in order to forecast the promotion's results; also known as slippage rate.

In built-up roofing, the lateral movement between adjacent plies; esp. occurs on sloping roofs.

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Slippage may refer to:

• Slippage (book), a collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison
• Slippage (finance), the difference between estimated transaction costs and the amount actually paid
• Project slippage, in project planning, the act of missing a deadline

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