stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system

2

: an association of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities

Examples of stock exchange in a Sentence

domestic and international stock exchanges

Shares of the company were trading at $20 on the New York Stock Exchange.

He works as a stockbroker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Recent Examples on the Web

The decision to go public in the U.S. deals a significant blow to European stock exchanges, which have struggled to retain homegrown tech companies. —Mackenzie Sigalos,ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025

Those shares are expected to be re-listed on a stock exchange to be identified later. —David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025

The company just raised $5.6 billion USD in a share sale on the Hong Kong stock exchange. —John Koetsier, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

Another stock tracker, the S&P 500, which tracks the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on several stock exchanges in the United States, dropped 104.78 points across the day. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stock exchange

• interchange
• rearrange
• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• midrange
• change
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange

Kids Definition

stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where the buying and selling of stocks is conducted

2

: an association of stockbrokers

Legal Definition

stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system

2

: an association or group of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities