what is best price?

i noticed that on many of the triggers, you use best instead of lay_price or back_price.
what is the best price and how is it different from back_price/lay_price?

Hi
lets say current back price is 2.40 and there is £50 available at that price.
you send a back bet of £100 at back_price
your back bet at 2.40 will be matched £50 leaving £50 unmatched

now lets say the three best back prices are 2.40 with £50 waiting, then 2.38 with £30 waiting, and 2.36 with £100
if you use "best" your £100 will be fully matched as follows:
£50 at 2.40, £30 at 2.38, £20 at 2.36

it is similar to backing at 1.01 and laying at 1000, Betfair will match your bet at the best available price  

what if i have a condition where it places £100 back_price bet 5 mins before start? let's say £50 is matched at 2.40
however, wouldn't the rest of the bet be matched at the next available prices seeing as the condition was to place bets after x mins? it wasn't a condition to just place bet at 1st available price after x mins.

here is the sequence of events:
5 minutes before the off you send a £100 back bet at back_price, the back price is 2.40 with £50 waiting
back bet of £100 at 2.40 was received by Betfair, £50 matched at 2.40
£50 is unmatched and is now waiting to be matched at 2.40 on the lay side, back price is now 2.38

if you use best instead of back_price in your trigger, £100 bet would bet fully matched at best price, e.g. £50 at 2.40 and £50 at 2.38, this is how the helpfile describes it for laying:

The term "best price" here refers to the lowest possible price available for your whole bet to be matched. Let's say you lay £1000 at 4.5, but only £500 is available at that price. Another £400 are offered at 4.4 and £300 are offered at 4.3. If the program is to match your whole bet, it will have to lay £500 at 4.5, £400 at 4.4 and £100 at 4.3. Luckily this is done automatically by the exchange if you lay at a price that is higher than the current available odds. I.e. if the program offers £1000 at 5.0, the exchange will automatically lower down that offer to the best available prices and match all three portions.