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 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

Companies turned to private equity, crowdfunding, and even Canadian stock exchanges to raise capital. —Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025

The company went private again after completing the bankruptcy process, however, with shares no longer listed by the Nasdaq or any other national stock exchange. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 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