(plural materializations) 1  The conversion of something into a physical form. ( 2 physics) The conversion of energy into mass.
Market Order-- to sell Hutchison: sell Hutchison now at whatever prevailing market price. Usually one will get the stock at the ask price of the moment when the order reaches the exchange. Sometimes, one gets a series of partial trades (partially filled orders) at different prices, the shares of which add up to 2000.
As with bid and ask prices, the spread between bid and ask yields is wider when markets are illiquid and narrower when there is a lot of trading activity. Most investors are more familiar with trading in the stock market than in the bond market. The concept of bid and ask yields might sound complex in theory.