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 New York and American stock exchanges planned to observe a minute of silence today in honor of the crew. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026

Adding urgency to the need to reform America’s capital markets is the dazzling comeback of Hong Kong’s stock exchange, which beat out Nasdaq and the NYSE to capture the title of the number one IPO venue in 2025. —Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Daily turnover across the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing stock exchanges climbed to successive record highs Monday through Wednesday last week, according to Wind Information, a financial data service focused on China. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026

Singapore’s stock exchange has long suffered from low liquidity. —Angelica Ang, Fortune, 16 Jan. 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