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

Homegrown chip design firm SkyeChip also enjoyed a blockbuster IPO on the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange in May, surging 300% on its main market debut. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

The Palais Brongniart, Paris’s grand former stock exchange, had been draped in rich burgundy fabric for the occasion. — Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026

Pandora, which trades on the Copenhagen stock exchange, is up nearly 19% since the beginning of the year. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is considering plans to list shares of his Nigeria refinery business on a US stock exchange within the next four years following the launch of its initial public offering, the continent’s largest ever. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 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