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aftermarket

aftermarket

1 6.3
A market where shares are bought and sold after their first sale
  • noun
  • /ˈæftərˌmɑrkɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mercado secundario
  • I'm still golden because I already sold the loan on the aftermarket at a tidy profit.
  • aftermarket prices
  • IPO aftermarket
  • aftermarket Fund

Examples

  • They were hard tickets to get, and were now selling for hundreds of dollars each on the aftermarket.

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  • Investors are closely watching the aftermarket for any fluctuations in share prices after the IPO.

  • They increased the offering into a book heavily weighted towards retail investors, never a good sign for the aftermarket trading of a stock.

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  • Visiting the NameMedia and Sedo offices helps put a face to two of the biggest domain name aftermarkets.

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  • Rather than shelling out hundreds or thousands of dollars for a domain name on the aftermarket, an increasing number of web entrepreneurs turn to professional "domain namers."

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  • They do not inquire how this market works, the costly, technology- and experience-intensive infrastructure required to originate an eligible loan, pool it, sell it, or trade it in the aftermarket.

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  • The company's Whois lookup is quick and comprehensive, and its Whois History tool is what I use to perform due diligence before buying any domain name in the aftermarket.

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  • Many technology stocks often experience significant changes in their aftermarket performance after their public debut.

  • The aftermarket for the newly launched electric vehicle quickly gained traction, with prices soaring among buyers.

How Active

liquid
  • Specialized
30 4.2
trading
  • Specialized
479 2.7
aftermarket
  • Specialized
1 6.3
soft market
1 6.0
dormant
34 5.2

Surface Forms

aftermarket singular
aftermarkets plural

Morphology

aftermarket = market (semi-transparent) = after + market

The compound structure is clear, but the specialized financial meaning 'secondary market after issuance' is domain-specific and may not be obvious to an average learner. [Postprocessing: moved 'after' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Aftermarket comes from after 'after' and market 'place to buy or sell', and in finance it means the market where stocks or other financial items are traded after their first sale to the public. So the aftermarket is the place traders watch to see how a new stock does once it is already being bought and sold.