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NASDAQ

NASDAQ

110 6.0
An electronic US stock market where people trade shares, often of technology companies
  • proper noun
  • /ˈnæzˌdɑk/
translation icon : NASDAQ
  • The NASDAQ is known for listing many technology companies and startups.
  • NASDAQ stocks
  • NASDAQ exchange
  • NASDAQ market

I mean, the NASDAQ has had an amazing run, right?

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Examples

  • The trading suspension did not become more of an issue because the NASDAQ continued to operate normally, including the trading of NYSE stocks.

    Academic text (2016)
  • NASDAQ dropped 13 points, thanks to a shaky morning in the tech sector.

  • We are seeing now the NASDAQ going from negative to flat.

  • I mean, the NASDAQ has had an amazing run, right?

  • Despite their differences, NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange have one thing in common.

    Academic text (1992)
  • And so NASDAQ represents tech companies and all the risk assets.

  • To attract customers from the United States and elsewhere, NASDAQ has expanded its trading hours.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The Dow closing out today at minus 55, while the NASDAQ was up seven points.

  • On Wall Street, the Dow's down at the close, down by four and a third points, the NASDAQ higher by around three and a half points.

  • The NASDAQ had climbed from 1500 to 5000 in a little over a year.

Synonyms

exchange
vsNASDAQ
  • Specialized
191 5.8

A place where people buy and sell stocks

is a computerized system giving brokers OTC quotes and facilitating trading instead
stock exchange
vsNASDAQ
  • Specialized
18 3.6

A market where people buy and sell company shares through brokers

focuses on computerized quotations and OTC trading rather than general market activity

A computer system that gives brokers live price quotes for stocks traded outside major exchanges

is the common name used instead of the full organizational title

Surface Forms

NASDAQ main

Morphology

NASDAQ = N + A + S + D + A + Q

NASDAQ is an initialism; the individual letters do not transparently convey the meaning to learners, so knowledge of components doesn't help derive the sense.

Etymology

NASDAQ is a short name made from the first letters of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. The words Automated Quotations mean automatic price 'quotes', so NASDAQ is the electronic system or stock market where brokers see price 'quotes' and trade securities.