stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system

2

: an association of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities

Examples of stock exchange in a Sentence

domestic and international stock exchanges

Shares of the company were trading at $20 on the New York Stock Exchange.

He works as a stockbroker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Recent Examples on the Web

By his count, of the roughly 9,000 companies traded on the major U.S. stock exchanges, only about 120 are Israeli. —Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024

Country Garden suspended trading of its shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange in early April, citing delays in preparing its 2023 annual report. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 14 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where the buying and selling of stocks is conducted

2

: an association of stockbrokers

Legal Definition

stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system

2

: an association or group of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities