Dow

¹

[ dou ]

noun

1. none the Dow or the Dow Jones, a shortened form of Dow Jones average:

   The Dow is up nearly 8,400 points from its record low on February 12.

   The 7 percent drop in the Dow Jones was a harbinger of the precipice on which the economy was then hanging.

Dow

²

[ dou ]

noun

1. Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
2. Ger·rard [gey, -, r, ah, r, t]. Dou, Gerard.
3. Herbert Henry, 1866–1930, U.S. chemist, inventor, and industrialist.

dow

³

[ dou, doh ]

verb (used without object)

, Scot. and North England.

dowingdowed or dought [dout],

1. to be able.
2. to thrive; prosper; do well.

Dow.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. dowager.

Dow

/ daʊ; dɔu /

noun

1. See Dou

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dow¹

before 900; Middle English dowen, doghen, Old English dugan to be worthy; cognate with German taugen; doughty

Example Sentences

Mr. Frommer changed the industry profoundly, Roger Dow, the former chief executive of the United States Travel Association, an industry group, said in an interview for this obituary in 2014.

From New York Times

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite closed at record highs last week, with most stocks edging upward this week following a pause on Tuesday.

From Salon

Dow Jones, the parent of the Wall Street Journal, reached a licensing deal with OpenAI in May that could be worth more than $250 million over five years.

From Los Angeles Times

The S&P 500 rose by 3 percent on Wednesday; the Dow Jones Industrial Average, by 4 percent.

From Slate

In early trading, the Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 1300 points, or about 3%, with expectations that a second Trump presidential term will bring major policy changes, including more tax cuts, more deregulation, more mergers and acquisitions and more domestic crude production.

From Los Angeles Times