stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system

2

: an association of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities

Examples of stock exchange in a Sentence

domestic and international stock exchanges

Shares of the company were trading at $20 on the New York Stock Exchange.

He works as a stockbroker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Recent Examples on the Web

The plan is to push for the creation of a stock exchange in which Cubans on the island can participate. —Sarah Moreno june 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026

Most of China’s AI semiconductor companies and their suppliers are traded on the mainland stock exchange. —Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 June 2026

Once the shares begin trading on a stock exchange, buyers and sellers take over. —Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 May 2026

According to the National Park Service, the once-thriving community had hotels, stores, a school, a hospital, and even a stock exchange. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stock exchange

• interchange
• rearrange
• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• midrange
• change
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange

Kids Definition

stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where the buying and selling of stocks is conducted

2

: an association of stockbrokers

Legal Definition

stock exchange

noun

1

: a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system

2

: an association or group of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities