( stock exchanges)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
A stock exchange is a place where people buy and sell stocks and shares. The stock exchange is also the trading activity that goes on there and the trading organization itself. ( BUSINESS )
The shortage of good stock has kept some investors away from the stock exchange.
...the New York Stock Exchange.
= stock market
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