Definition of "stock market" [stock market]

• See stock exchange. (noun)
• The business transacted at a stock exchange. (noun)
• The prices offered for stocks and bonds in general: a rising stock market. (noun)

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• "Without another word, Mr. Baruch finished having his shoes shined, calmly returned to his office, and instructed his colleagues to liquidate all his stock market positions."
• "Acknowledgment to Richard W. Maurer Jr., who dauntlessly supplied me with lists of misdemeanors concerning stock market activities, herein committed by Damian Jonathan Adare."
• "Riding a bull stock market and the expansion of cable television networks devoted solely to investors—CNBC and CNNfn, in particular—E*Trade saw its accounts soar to nearly 2.5 million by May 2000."