pit
/pɪt/ noun [C]Definition
› STOCK MARKET the area of a stock exchange used for trading: Many traditional pits have moved their business to electronic trading systems. → Compare the floor
› NATURAL RESOURCES a deep area underground from which a natural resource is taken by digging: a coal/clay/gravel pit
(Definition of pit noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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