stock exchange
/ˈstɑk ɪksˌtʃeɪndʒ/ n [C] (also stock market)Definition
› a place where shares (= parts of the ownership of companies) are bought and sold, or the organization of people whose job is to do this buying and selling: The company’s shares fell sharply on the London stock exchange.
(Definition of stock exchange n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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