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 company debuted on Hong Kong’s stock exchange last year, raising almost $4 billion. —Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 23 June 2025

By 2024, the majority of companies trading on the stock exchange disclosed data on LGBTQ+ board members, said Josh Ramer, co-founder of DiversIQ. —Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 June 2025

The airline will also remove its stock exchange listing and fly to fewer destinations. —Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2025

Top Chinese indexes saw steeper drops, with the Shanghai Composite nearly 0.5% down, while the Hong Kong stock exchange’s benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 1.20%. —Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 30 May 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