Phrase guide

stock market

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A market for the trading of company stock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Prices have tumbled on the stock market.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cattle market.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stock exchange, securities market

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exchange

Narrower terms: curb market, over-the-counter market, OTC market, American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curb, Bourse, New York Stock Exchange, N. Y. Stock Exchange, NYSE, big board

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tregu i aksioneve — market for the trading of company stock
  • Arabic: سُوقُ الْأَوْرَاقِ الْمَالِيَّةِ (sūqu l-ʔawrāqi l-māliyyati) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Arabic: بُورْصَة (būrṣa) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Arabic: بورصة (bōrṣa) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Armenian: արժեթղթերի շուկա (aržetʻġtʻeri šuka) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Belarusian: фо́ндавы ры́нак (fóndavy rýnak) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Belarusian: ры́нак кашто́ўных папе́р (rýnak kaštównyx papjér) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Bengali: শেয়ার বাজার (śeẏar bajar) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Bulgarian: фо́ндов паза́р (fóndov pazár) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Catalan: mercat de valors — market for the trading of company stock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 股市 (gǔshì) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 股票市場 /股票市场 (gǔpiào shìchǎng) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Czech: akciový trh — market for the trading of company stock
  • Czech: trh cenných papírů — market for the trading of company stock
  • Danish: aktiemarked — market for the trading of company stock
  • Dutch: aandelenmarkt — market for the trading of company stock
  • Estonian: aktsiaturg — market for the trading of company stock
  • Faroese: partabrævamarknaður — market for the trading of company stock
  • Finnish: osakemarkkinat — market for the trading of company stock
  • French: marché boursier — market for the trading of company stock
  • French: marché financier — market for the trading of company stock
  • Georgian: საფონდო ბირჟა (sapondo birža) — market for the trading of company stock
  • German: Aktienmarkt — market for the trading of company stock
  • Greek: χρηματιστήριο (chrimatistírio) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Gujarati: શેરબજાર (śerabjār) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Hebrew: שׁוּק מְנָיוֹת (shuk menayót) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Hebrew: בּוּרְסָה (bursá) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Hindi: शेयर बाज़ार (śeyar bāzār) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Hungarian: tőzsde — market for the trading of company stock
  • Hungarian: értéktőzsde — market for the trading of company stock
  • Hungarian: részvénypiac — market for the trading of company stock
  • Icelandic: hlutabréfamarkaður — market for the trading of company stock
  • Indonesian: pasar saham — market for the trading of company stock
  • Irish: stocmhargadh — market for the trading of company stock
  • Italian: mercato azionario — market for the trading of company stock
  • Italian: borsa — market for the trading of company stock
  • Japanese: 株式市場 (kabushiki shijō) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Kannada: ಷೇರು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ (ṣēru mārukaṭṭe) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Kazakh: қор нарығы (qor naryğy) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Korean: 주식시장 (jusiksijang) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Northern Kurdish: bazara pişkan — market for the trading of company stock
  • Northern Kurdish: sûka pişkan — market for the trading of company stock
  • Lao: ຕະຫລາດຫລັກຊັບ (ta lāt lak sap) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Latvian: akciju tirgus — market for the trading of company stock
  • Lithuanian: akcijų birža — market for the trading of company stock
  • Malay: pasaran saham — market for the trading of company stock
  • Mongolian: хөрөнгийн бирж (xöröngiin birž) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aksjemarked — market for the trading of company stock
  • Odia: ଶେୟାର ବଜାର (śeyāra bajāra) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Iranian Persian: بورْس (burs) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Iranian Persian: بورْسِ سِهام (burs-e sehâm) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Iranian Persian: بورْسِ اُوراقِ بَهادار (burs-e owrâġ-e bahâdâr) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Polish: giełda — market for the trading of company stock
  • Portuguese: mercado de ações — market for the trading of company stock
  • Romanian: bursă — market for the trading of company stock
  • Romanian: piață de acțiuni — market for the trading of company stock
  • Russian: фо́ндовый ры́нок (fóndovyj rýnok) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Russian: ры́нок це́нных бума́г (rýnok cénnyx bumág) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Sicilian: mircatu azziunariu — market for the trading of company stock
  • Sicilian: borsa — market for the trading of company stock
  • Slovak: akciový trh — market for the trading of company stock
  • Spanish: mercado de valores — market for the trading of company stock
  • Swahili: soko la hisa — market for the trading of company stock
  • Swedish: aktiemarknad — market for the trading of company stock
  • Tagalog: bilihan ng sapi — market for the trading of company stock
  • Tajik: бозори коғазҳои қиматнок (bozor-i koġazho-yi qimatnok) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Tajik: бозори саҳомӣ (bozor-i sahomi) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Tajik: бурси авроқи баҳодор (burs-i avroq-i bahodor) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Tamil: பங்குச்சந்தை (paṅkuccantai) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Thai: ตลาดหุ้น (dtà-làat-hûn) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Thai: ตลาดหลักทรัพย์ (dtà-làat-làk-sáp) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Turkish: borsa — market for the trading of company stock
  • Ottoman Turkish: بورسه (borsa) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Ukrainian: фо́ндовий ри́нок (fóndovyj rýnok) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Ukrainian: ри́нок ці́нних папе́рів (rýnok cínnyx papériv) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Urdu: بازارِ حِصَص (bāzār-i hisas) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Vietnamese: thị trường chứng khoán — market for the trading of company stock
  • Yiddish: בערזע (berze) — market for the trading of company stock
  • Yiddish: בירזשע (birzhe) — market for the trading of company stock