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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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 See all Example Sentences for stock exchange 

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stock exchange was in 1773

Dictionary Entries Near stock exchange

Cite this Entry

“Stock exchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20exchange. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!