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

Rowan said the rise of new funds, market makers and ETF products will provide increasing levels of liquidity as the private credit world matures. —Robert Frank, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025

In traditional finance, market makers who provide liquidity for derivatives (options or futures) on an asset like Tesla often hedge their exposure by trading the underlying stock. —Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for market maker

• automaker
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