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
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Lamont cites modern research showing that August and September are periods of unusually low trading liquidity, as investors and market makers take summer vacations in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
And, perhaps most famously, Citadel, one of the nation’s most prominent hedge funds and market makers, left Chicago — where it was born — for Miami in 2022.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Virtual market makers set prices based on different variables in the model.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
Unlike their Wall Street counterparts, crypto market makers operate with little to no regulatory oversight.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
And, perhaps most famously, Citadel, one of the nation’s most prominent hedge funds and market makers, left Chicago — where it was born — for Miami in 2022.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Virtual market makers set prices based on different variables in the model.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
Unlike their Wall Street counterparts, crypto market makers operate with little to no regulatory oversight.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for market maker
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“Market maker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20maker. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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