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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
Look at the list of the ten most valuable companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges, and something immediately jumps out.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024
Net profit rose to 11.6 billion yuan ($1.63 billion) in the July-September quarter, the company said in a stock exchange filing.
—Reuters, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
Talabat is expected to raise $1.5 billion from investors in a listing on Dubai’s stock exchange which at the top end of the IPO book price of 44 cents per share would see the company valued at over $10.2 billion.
—Iain Martin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Yener, of Coral Springs, a city about 20 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale, planned to set off a bomb outside the stock exchange on Wall Street in Manhattan, according to the 25-page criminal complaint filed by an FBI agent.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Stock exchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20exchange. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
stock exchange
noun1
: a place where the buying and selling of stocks is conducted
2
: an association of stockbrokers
Legal Definition
stock exchange
noun1
: 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
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