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 is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange and this month carried out a share placement to raise around $400 million to fund its expansion. —Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025

The health of the debt market is in sharp contrast to that of regional stock exchanges, where indices are lagging the US and emerging markets and the flow of IPOs is drying up. —Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 30 Dec. 2025

North Texas is the top moving destination, where business headquarters are relocating and Texas’ new stock exchange was launched, The Center Square reported. —Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025

HashKey’s trading debut is the latest in a flurry of debuts in Hong Kong, as companies flood back to the city’s stock exchange hoping to tap the city’s connections to both mainland Chinese and global pools of capital. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 Dec. 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