(a) Business a market trading in commodities directly supplied by producers; (b) Finance the market in which newly issued securities are sold for…

(see quot. 1900).

a market characterized by the falling price of stock (see sense 10); opposed to bull market n. at bull, n.1 additions.

Stock Market (originally U.S.). The market for stocks, bonds, etc., after their original issue.

a commodity market in a major trading centre, primarily dealing in futures (future, n. 6); (hence) the market in futures.

the market of the London Stock Exchange which trades in shares of companies with mining operations in southern Africa; cf. sense A. 2d.

With the and capital initial. The South African gold market. Obsolete. rare.

a market characterized by the rising price of stock, etc.

Stock Market colloquial. With the. = open market, n. Obsolete. rare.

(cf. curbstone, n. compounds and kerb, n.).

transferred and figurative. the jungle (Stock Exch. slang): the West African share market: cf. jungle-market n. at compounds 2. plural. Shares in…

the market in shares of West African Companies.

(see quot. 1900).

A market characterized by the falling price of stocks, shares, etc.

(a) plural odds and ends (cf. end, n. 6c); (b) see quot. 1844; (c) a remnant of cloth; (d) U.S. slang, the inferior part or share (of something)…

trade in stock undertaken outside the stock exchange; cf. off-board, adj.

Stock Market. Designating or relating to securities in companies not included on a regular stock exchange list, and so traded on alternative markets…

unlisted securities market.

Stock Exchange jargon. bulldog bond, a sterling bond issued by an overseas borrower. Also bulldog issue, bulldog market, etc., and absol.