Guaranteed a specific price on the customer`s working order while the dealer tries to obtain a better one. Stopped against one`s self involves a customer order and a firm`s own account, not two customers. One can cancel an order even after being stopped by another party. Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/bfgloss.htm
Stopped adjective (Phonetics) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants ( p , b , t , d , etc.). H. Sweet. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/204