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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
stock market
–noun
1.a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
2.the market for stocks throughout a nation: The stock market reacted strongly to the president's speech.
[Origin: 1800–10]
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stock exchange  
n.   In both senses also called stock market.
  1. A place where stocks, bonds, or other securities are bought and sold.
  2. An association of stockbrokers who meet to buy and sell stocks and bonds according to fixed regulations.

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stock market  
n.  
  1. See stock exchange.
  2. The business transacted at a stock exchange.
  3. The prices offered for stocks and bonds in general: a rising stock market.

stock'-mar'ket (stŏk'mär'kĭt) adj.
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stock market 
"place where securities are bought and sold, 1809, from stock (n.2) + market. [The original "Stock Market" (c.1350) was a fish and meat market in the City of London on or near the later site of Mansion House, so called perhaps because it occupied the site of a former stocks.]

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stock market

noun
an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers [syn: stock exchange] 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
stock market

A market in which stocks are bought and sold (see stock exchange). Also, the general condition of the sale of securities in a corporation.


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Stock Market

The market in which shares are issued and traded either through exchanges or over-the-counter markets. Also known as the equity market, it is one of the most vital areas of a market economy as it provides companies with access to capital and investors with a slice of ownership in the company and the potential of gains based on the company's future performance.

Investopedia Commentary

This market can be split into two main sections: the primary and secondary market. The primary market is where new issues are first offered, with any subsequent trading going on in the secondary market.

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See also: Blue Chip, Equity, Exchange, OTC Market, Shareholder, Stock

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Main Entry: stock market
Function: noun
1 : STOCK EXCHANGE 1
2 : a market for particular stocks
3 : the market for stocks throughout a country

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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