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stock market

noun

Simple Definition of stock market

  • : the business or activity of buying and selling stocks

  • : a system for buying and selling stocks or a place where stocks are bought and sold

Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Full Definition of stock market

  1. 1 :  stock exchange 1

  2. 2a :  a market for particular stocksb :  the market for stocks throughout a country

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Examples of stock market in a sentence

  1. We lost money in the stock market.

  2. International stock markets saw declines at the end of the trading day.



1809

First Known Use of stock market

1809

STOCK MARKET Defined for Kids

stock market

noun

Definition of stock market for Students

  1. :  a place where shares of stock are bought and sold



Law Dictionary

stock market

noun

Legal Definition of stock market

  1. 1 :  stock exchange 1

  2. 2 :  a market for particular stocks

  3. 3 :  the market for stocks throughout a country



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