stock exchangenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈstɒk ɪksˌtʃeɪndʒ/us/ˈstɑːk ɪksˌtʃeɪndʒ/a place where shares in companies are bought and sold, or the organization of people whose job is to do this buying or selling:
They bought some shares on the London stock exchange.
Stock markets around the world are reacting to news of the US president's announcement.
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- the Japanese stock exchange
- Anyone who gambles on the stock exchange has to be prepared to lose money.
- The company is overvalued on the stock exchange.
- He spends his time wheeling and dealing on the stock exchange.
- Share prices have soared to a new all-time high in a day of frantic trading on the stock exchange.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stock markets
- arbitrage
- bear
- bourse
- buy-in
- cash out sth
- dead cat bounce
- dividend
- Dow Jones
- haircut
- intangible asset
- investment
- mature
- maturity
- negotiable
- portfolio
- rogue trader
- speculation
- stockbroker
- stockholder
- trading
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