stock market

noun

1

: stock exchange sense 1

2

a

: a market for particular stocks

b

: the market for stocks throughout a country

Examples of stock market in a Sentence

We lost money in the stock market.

International stock markets saw declines at the end of the trading day.

Recent Examples on the Web

The big story Change doesn’t happen overnight, least of all in the mainland Chinese stock market that’s been compared to a casino due to its wild swings. —Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025

The London bourse is in competition with the two major stock markets in the US — Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange — for Africa’s public companies. —Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025

The instant reaction from the stock market was a 4.5% correction in JPM’s shares that shaved $25 billion off the institution’s market capitalization. —John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

The $4 trillion chipmaker’s quarterly financials have become a litmus test for the AI boom—and, by extension, for the whole stock market. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stock market

• nonmarket
• premarket
• upmarket
• aftermarket
• patriarchate
• supermarket

Kids Definition

stock market

noun

: stock exchange sense 1

Legal Definition

stock market

noun

1

: stock exchange sense 1

2

: a market for particular stocks

3

: the market for stocks throughout a country