unit of trading

A round lot is a normal unit of trading of a security, which is usually 100 shares of stock.

Her view is that individual capitalism is coming to the fore and that the unit of trading has shifted from business to the individual capitalist.

As a dowry she had brought him one hundred thousand tons of basic staples, the revenues from her estate on Eldfane, a million units of trading credit to be used on her home world, the services of an engineering corps for three years; and the promise of an obsolete space vessel when one should be available.