STOCK MARKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stock market mean? 

• STOCK MARKET (noun)
  The noun STOCK MARKET has 1 sense:

1. an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

  Familiarity information: STOCK MARKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCK MARKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

securities market; stock exchange; stock market

Hypernyms ("stock market" is a kind of...):

exchange (a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members)

Domain member category:

market analyst (an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market))

bearish (expecting prices to fall)

bullish (expecting a rise in prices)

P/E ratio; price-to-earnings ratio ((stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings)

pyramid ((stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases)

support level ((stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors)

offer price ((stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain security)

closing price ((stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session)

bid price ((stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security)

fundamental analysis; fundamentals analysis ((stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy)

technical analysis; technical analysis of stock trends ((stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock market"):

curb market (a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange)

OTC market; over-the-counter market (a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange)

Instance hyponyms:

American Stock Exchange; AMEX; Curb (a stock exchange in New York)

Bourse (the stock exchange in Paris)

big board; N. Y. Stock Exchange; New York Stock Exchange; NYSE (a stock exchange in New York)

Holonyms ("stock market" is a member of...):

market; securities industry (the securities markets in the aggregate)

 Context examples 

As he phrased it, the wires were like the stock market, now up, now down.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The South Korean conglomerate sustained a massive eight percent loss in its share price at the end of Tuesday's stock market trading session.

(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)