stock market
noun
2
a
: a market for particular stocks
b
: the market for stocks throughout a country
Examples of stock market in a Sentence
We lost money in the stock market.
International stock markets saw declines at the end of the trading day.
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The struggling media company has taken the step to avoid being delisted from the stock market.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The announcement comes three weeks after Trump Media began trading on the Nasdaq stock market, briefly valuing the company at $10.8 billion.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The announcement comes three weeks after Trump Media began trading on the Nasdaq stock market, briefly valuing the company at $10.8 billion.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Stock market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20market. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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