stock exchange

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.

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.

stock exchange

See securities exchange.

Main Entry: stock exchange
Function: noun
1 : a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system
2 : an association or group of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities