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

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

The shares are listed on a traditional stock exchange. —CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024

Super Micro is now at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq, and has until Nov. 16 to regain compliance with the stock exchange. —Ari Levy, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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