equity market

noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

Definition

› the buying and selling of shares: You can trade over the phone on the UK equity markets. New figures released today show that private investors are flocking back to the equity market.

(Definition of equity market noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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