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

According to Reuters, the stock exchange is planning to launch its IPO, which could value the company up to $47 billion, in the week starting 21 September. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

The Dangote Refinery has secured the approval of Nigeria’s securities regulator to launch an initial public offering on the stock exchange in Lagos. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Trading innovation goes to the birds As regional stock exchanges began to crop up, so did arbitrage opportunities—that is, chances to buy or sell an asset in one market, then lock in a profit by entering the opposite order in another. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

That’s why Lin and his colleagues at the stock exchange are trying to make sure that investors, domestic and foreign, give all of Taiwan’s other companies a close look too. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Aug. 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