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stock exchange noun

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Definition

a place where parts of the ownership of companies are bought and sold, or the organization of people whose job is to do this buying or selling
They bought some shares on the London stock exchange.
Stock markets around the world are reacting to news of the US president's announcement.

(Definition of stock exchange noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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