market maker

noun

: an intermediary in a stock exchange who controls buy and sell orders (as by purchase and resale) for a particular stock or group of stocks

Examples of market maker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The company instead explained this was likely speculators conducting trades off of arbitrage, where the spot price of a cryptocurrency is moving on a different exchange and is off slightly from where a market maker’s original order was. — Davis Giangiulio,ananya Chetia, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

The revisions included cutting trading fees and enlisting a group of firms to act as market makers, ensuring investors can more readily find counterparties. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

Active day traders could view real-time bids and offers from Nasdaq market makers and other market participants. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

The participation of three large electronic market makers follows a pattern common to exchange launches, in which prospective liquidity providers take equity before a venue opens. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for market maker

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