stock market

[ stok mahr-kit ]

noun

1. a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
2. the market for stocks throughout a nation:

   The stock market reacted strongly to the president's speech.

stock market

noun

1. another name for stock exchange
2. the usual US name for stock exchange

stock market

1. A market in which stocks are bought and sold ( see stock exchange ). Also, the general condition of the sale of securities in a corporation .

Word History and Origins

Origin of stock market¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

On Friday, the stock market hit new highs—even as wages were stagnating.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, the stock market is booming but overwhelmingly Americans are unhappy with their economic situation—and for good reason.

From The Daily Beast

One month later to the day, the stock market crash of Black Tuesday signaled the start of the Great Depression.

From The Daily Beast

The stock market wasn't quite as dismissive of Murdoch's $80 billion bid as Time Warner was.

From The Daily Beast

The economy added jobs steadily through the first quarter, and the stock market hovered around record highs.

From The Daily Beast

And yet, some of us really believe that there are higher faculties in man than the ability to manipulate the stock market.

From Project Gutenberg

It's the most illogical thing in the world, if we except the stock market and other women's gowns.

From Project Gutenberg

He had developed what I regarded as an innocent intellectual recreation which he called stock-market meteorology.

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There is no possible defense of pot-hunting, whether it be upon a trout brook or in the stock market.

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Stocks—the stock market—railroad shares—how they are bought and sold—do you know anything about them?

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Related Words

• stock exchange