society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > place where merchants meet > for specific goods (4)
(a name for) a building in which coal is or was traded.
an exchange or other building in which cloth is sold by the piece (sense 4a).
an Exchange devoted to the corn-trade.
a hall, or exchange, where sellers and buyers of woollen cloths meet at stated times to transact business.