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New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

35 2.6
A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies
  • proper noun
translation icon : Bolsa de Nueva York
  • And so, while the New York Stock Exchange showed signs of restlessness, There was little or no uneasiness on the part of optimists.
  • listed on the New York Stock Exchange
  • traded on the New York Stock Exchange

So eventually New York Stock Exchange merged with Archipelago.

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Examples

  • Most recently, the New York Stock Exchange announced a similar policy encouraging the disclosure of privileged material.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Buy stocks in the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE, buy stocks on the NASDAQ.

  • Indeed, the New York Stock Exchange is having its own problems in this area.

    Academic text (2004)
  • So I went down to the New York Stock Exchange to get some answers.

  • The New York Stock Exchange just suspended trading.

  • But actually, the New York Stock Exchange was founded under a buttonwood tree.

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

    Academic text (1992)
  • Hours after the price peaked, the New York Stock Exchange permanently suspended trading in the shares.

  • New York Stock Exchange index up 1.23, volume backing off a bit at 164 million shares.

  • Investors gathered at the New York Stock Exchange to discuss market trends.

Synonyms

exchange
vsNew York Stock Exchange
  • Specialized
191 5.8

A place where people buy and sell stocks

is narrower naming the main public securities market at 11 Wall Street
NYSE
vsNew York Stock Exchange
119 4.2

A large stock market in New York City where people buy and sell company shares

is the same institution named in full rather than shortened
stock exchange
vsNew York Stock Exchange
  • Specialized
18 3.6

A market where people buy and sell company shares through brokers

is the specific principal US market located at 11 Wall Street
Big Board
vsNew York Stock Exchange
3 4.6

A nickname for the New York Stock Exchange at 11 Wall Street

is the formal institutional name rather than a casual nickname
N. Y. Stock Exchange
vsNew York Stock Exchange
3.5

A large place in New York where people buy and sell company shares

is the same principal US securities market itself identical in meaning

Surface Forms

Morphology

New + York + stock + exchange

The phrase is compositionally built from a place name and literal words: 'New York' (the city) + 'stock' (shares) + 'exchange' (a place where stocks are traded), so its meaning as the stock exchange located in New York is directly derivable. This is a transparent, literal naming pattern common across languages and will be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

New York Stock Exchange began in the late 1700s when traders met under a tree on Wall Street to buy and sell company shares. The name joins New York, stock meaning 'company shares', and exchange meaning 'a place to swap', so it now means the main market where shares are traded in New York.