(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.
The bid price, or bid, refers to the price at which you can sell stock; the ask price, or ask, is the price at which you can buy stock. You'll see there's a 3-cent difference between these two numbers in the example above; that's called the spread.