stock exchange

noun

1. a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
2. an association of brokers and dealers in stocks and bonds who meet together and transact business according to fixed rules.

stock exchange

noun

1. Also calledstock market
   1. a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
   2. a place where securities are regularly traded
   3. ( as modifier )

      stock-exchange prices

      a stock-exchange operator

2. the prices or trading activity of a stock exchange

   the stock exchange fell heavily today

stock exchange

1. A place where stocks , bonds , and other securities are bought and sold.

Notes

In the United States, the two largest stock exchanges are the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Activity on these two exchanges is usually considered an indication of the state of the economy as a whole.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stock exchange¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

Hundreds of flights and ferries, along with Taiwan’s stock exchange, have also been suspended.

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The Dow Jones Index is a measure of the performance of 30 large companies listed on US stock exchanges.

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Klarna is understood to be shrinking its workforce ahead of a listing on the stock exchange, which has recently been dominated by firms heavily investing in AI, such as Nvidia and Microsoft.

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There are also allowances for unquoted shares, which are shares in a business not listed on the stock exchange.

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The US firm, based in Austin, Texas, is a listed company on the US stock exchange, featuring in both the S&P 500 and the high-tech Nasdaq indexes.

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Related Words

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