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stock exchange

–noun

1.	a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.

2.	an association of brokers and dealers in stocks and bonds who meet together and transact business according to fixed rules.

[Origin: 1765–75

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stock exchange
n. In both senses also called stock market.

A place where stocks, bonds, or other securities are bought and sold.
An association of stockbrokers who meet to buy and sell stocks and bonds according to fixed regulations.

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stock exchange
noun
an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

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stock exchange

a place where stocks and shares are bought and sold

Arabic:	بورْصَه، السوق المالِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	证券交易所
Chinese (Traditional):	證券交易所
Czech:	burza
Danish:	fondsbørs
Dutch:	effectenbeurs
Estonian:	börs
Finnish:	pörssi
French:	Bourse (des valeurs)
German:	die Börse
Greek:	χρηματιστήριο
Hungarian:	(érték)tőzsde
Icelandic:	kauphöll
Indonesian:	bursa saham
Italian:	borsavalori, borsa

Japanese:	株式取引所
Latvian:	vērtspapīru birža
Lithuanian:	vertybinių popierių birža
Norwegian:	børs
Polish:	giełda
Portuguese (Brazil):	bolsa de valores
Portuguese (Portugal):	bolsa de valores
Romanian:	Bursă (de valori)
Russian:	фондовая биржа
Slovak:	burza
Slovenian:	borza
Spanish:	bolsa
Swedish:	börs
Turkish:	borsa

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

A place where stocks, bonds, and other securities are bought and sold.

Note: In the United States, the two largest stock exchanges are the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Activity on these two exchanges is usually considered an indication of the state of the economy as a whole.

[Chapter:] Business and Economics

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