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stock exchange

stock exchange

18 3.6
A market where people buy and sell company shares through brokers
  • noun
  • /stɑk ɪkˈsʧeɪndʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bolsa de valores
  • The issue is now that if you want a public listing on a major Stock Exchange, you need to do due diligence.
  • stock exchange or NASDAQ
  • U.S. stock exchange
  • stock exchange index

I don't think I saw any Stock Exchange halts today on GMA.

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Examples

  • Trading on the stock exchange has become more accessible with online platforms.

  • Their sole goal, especially if they're on the Stock Exchange, is to not just have a profit, but to grow said profit.

  • Let's just simply list our shares on the Stock Exchange at whatever price the market will bear.

  • Most of the time, however, the Stock Exchange guides investment to all our advantage.

  • After the first hour of trading, prices on the Stock Exchange finally began to rally and stayed strong for the rest of the day.

  • This is an initial public offering to the general public in terms of the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ.

  • Three weeks ago, we rang the opening bell at the stock exchange.

  • The main room is as loud and as prosperous as the stock exchange.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Moreover, the strike closed the Karachi stock exchange and all the major shopping centers.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Practically, you know, any firm that's listed on a Stock Exchange would be regulated by them.

Synonyms

market
vsstock exchange
721 3.4

The system where people buy and sell stocks and bonds

is a single organized venue, not the whole collective system
stock market
vsstock exchange
255 3.1

A place where people buy and sell company shares

covers a wider set of traded instruments beyond just company shares
exchange
vsstock exchange
  • Specialized
191 5.8

A place where people buy and sell stocks

is broader, referring to an organized public venue for many traders
securities market
vsstock exchange
  • Jargon
2 4.1

A place where people buy and sell stocks and bonds through brokers

is the same organized venue but not limited to professional-only brokers
bourse
vsstock exchange
  • Specialized
1 9.6

A market where people buy and sell stocks and bonds

is the general organized trading venue without regional emphasis
stock market bourse
vsstock exchange
5.5

An organized place where people buy and sell company shares and other investments

includes the same trading role but explicitly involves licensed intermediaries

How Big

stock exchange
  • Specialized
18 3.6
exchange
  • Specialized
191 5.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

stock + exchange

The meaning 'an organized market where stocks are bought and sold' is directly derivable from combining 'stock' (shares) with 'exchange' (a place for trading), so the compound simply names the place where stocks are exchanged. This noun+noun composition is common across languages and follows a transparent compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand.

Etymology

The name stock exchange comes from a simple idea: it was a place where people met to exchange stock, at first meaning goods or money and later 'shares' or 'parts of a company'. That's why today stock exchange means a market where people buy and sell 'shares'.