stock exchange meaning

Definition of stock exchange

1. an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

   Synonyms: stock market, securities market

   Type of: exchange

   Kinds: American Stock Exchange, Bourse, curb market, New York Stock Exchange, over-the-counter market

stock exchange in a sentence

• New York is the center of America's stock exchange.
• The company went public and became listed on the stock exchange in 1990.
• The stock exchange is in the red.

How to pronounce stock exchange

stock exchange is pronounced /stɒk ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ in British English and /stɑk ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.