stock marketnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstɒk ˌmɑː.kɪt/us/ˈstɑːk ˌmɑːr.kɪt/C1 a stock exchange
Examples
- Investors were seriously worried when the stock market began to crash.
- The stock market crash marked the start of a severe depression.
- The company's shares dived by 90p to 165p on the stock market yesterday.
- The company's results are in line with stock market expectations.
- The stock market moved ahead slightly in active trading today.
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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