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 cash-and-stock deal is effective today with Roku shares already halted on the Nasdaq stock exchange. — Scott Nover, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Now, Agility’s public listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange as of November 5 has come with financial disclosures detailing how the company plans to build a business around renting out or selling humanoid robots to perform manual labor. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

While traditional stock exchanges don’t hold the securities of their investors, and only facilitate trades, crypto exchanges often store their customers’ cryptocurrencies. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026

Though global equities markets are very much reacting to Lula’s reelection—trading was halted on Brazil’s stock exchange—none of those gaming stocks appear to be dramatically impacted as of Monday morning. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 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