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

Ostium, a reference to the ancient Roman port city of Ostia, doesn’t aim to compete with these trading protocols, which Kiernan-Linn compared to traditional stock exchanges. —Ben Weiss, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025

After beating third-quarter profit estimates, raising its outlook for the year and revealing a move to the Nasdaq stock exchange, executives hosted a call with stock analysts on Thursday, repeatedly hyping the fashion business. —Evan Clark, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025

Razer went public in 2017, listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, before going private again in 2022. —Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2025

Japan’s Nikkei stock exchange closed at an all-time high for the second day in a row Tuesday, on hopes that Takaichi’s policies might help jumpstart the economy. —Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025

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