stock market

stock market

noun

: 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

Full Definition of STOCK MARKET

1

:  stock exchange 1

2

a :  a market for particular stocks

b :  the market for stocks throughout a country

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Examples of STOCK MARKET

1. We lost money in the stock market.
2. International stock markets saw declines at the end of the trading day.

First Known Use of STOCK MARKET

1809

Rhymes with STOCK MARKET

bear market, black market, bull market, down-market, flea market, free market, gray market, mass-market, meat market, newmarket, test-market, third market, upmarket