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stock market

 
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–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 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

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.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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.]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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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