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stock exchange

noun [C usually singular]
 
 

Definition

a place where shares in 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.Financial investments and the stock market
(Definition of stock exchange noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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