stock symbol
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- noun
- /stɑk ˈsɪmbəl/
- Specialized
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- Every publicly traded company has a unique stock symbol that helps investors identify it easily.
We're publicly traded and the stock symbol is CBDS.
- We're publicly traded and the stock symbol is CBDS.
Examples
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The stock symbol for Apple Inc. is AAPL, which is recognized on major stock exchanges.
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Look up the stock symbol ADES.
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We're publicly traded and the stock symbol is CBDS.
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They are stock symbols with tons of built-in restrictions.
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Being a CEO himself, as well as having one of the most prestigious stock symbols on the exchange with Berkshire Hathaway, sometimes Buffett is forced to play into politics.
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To find the latest price of the company, look up its stock symbol on the exchange's website.
Synonyms
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2.7
A mark, like a letter, that stands for something
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5.1
A short code of letters that shows a company's shares on the stock market
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a unique set of letters used to identify a publicly traded company' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'stock' (a share/security) + 'symbol' (an identifying mark). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern of an entity plus its identifier, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the MWE's meaning (even if they may not know the specific convention of letter codes).
Etymology
Stock symbol may come from old trading floors and early machines that printed prices quickly. Traders used a short set of letters to show which company's stock ('shares') was moving, so each company got a small symbol of letters, and today a stock symbol is the unique letters used to identify a company.