Definitions for Stock Exchange
Stock Ex·change

Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stock exchange, stock market, securities market(noun)

   an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. stock exchange(Noun)

   A building and the associated organization that trades stocks in of companies for money and vice versa.

Freebase(2.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stock exchange

   A stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include shares issued by companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds. To be able to trade a security on a certain stock exchange, it must be listed there. Usually, there is a central location at least for record keeping, but trade is increasingly less linked to such a physical place, as modern markets are electronic networks, which gives them advantages of increased speed and reduced cost of transactions. Trade on an exchange is by members only. The initial offering of stocks and bonds to investors is by definition done in the primary market and subsequent trading is done in the secondary market. A stock exchange is often the most important component of a stock market. Supply and demand in stock markets are driven by various factors that, as in all free markets, affect the price of stocks.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stock Exchange

   a mart for the buying and selling of Government stocks, company shares, and various securities, carried on usually by the members of an associated body of brokers having certain rules and regulations. Such associations exist now in most of the important cities of the United Kingdom and commercial world generally (on the Continent are known as Bourses). The London Stock Exchange, transacting business in handsome buildings in Capel Court, facing the Bank of England, was established in 1801, stock-exchange transactions previous to then being carried on in a loose, ill-regulated fashion by private parties chiefly in and around Change Alley, the scene of the memorable South Sea Bubble (q. v.) speculation. The great development in stock-exchange business in recent times is due chiefly to the sale of foreign and colonial bonds, and the remarkable growth and spread of joint-stock companies since the Joint-Stock Company Act of 1862.

Etymology and Origins(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Stock Exchange

   For the application of the term “Stock” to money, see “Government Stock.”

How to pronounce Stock Exchange?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stock Exchange in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stock Exchange in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Stock Exchange in a Sentence

1. Alan Jope:

   You could easily see the Unilever Tea Co becoming a standalone business on a listed stock exchange with its own IPO, that is a highly likely outcome, which would have been very difficult under our old structure.

2. Robert Beauregard:

   There is no guarantee that a stock will continue to trade at or above its initial offering price once it starts trading on a public stock exchange, that said, the reason most people invest in IPOs is for the opportunity to invest in the company relatively early in its life cycle and profit from potential future growth.

3. Stan Wong:

   More stable and more certain growth in China will certainly propel a more stable and stronger TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange).

4. The ISA:

   Today, the brokerage market in Israel is highly concentrated and entails high costs for retail consumers, this move will expose the stock exchange to new players, and we will be working to remove any barriers necessary to drive competitiveness.

5. Liu Junhai:

   It will get more common for companies to play the market game using company law, securities law and stock exchange regulations.

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