stock market [specialized markets for financial instruments]
Roget category 799a
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.3. Interchange of property
#799a.
Stock Market
[specialized markets for financial instruments]
noun
stock market,
stock exchange,
securities exchange —
bourse,
board —
the big board,
the New York Stock Exchange —
the market,
the open market —
over-the-counter market —
privately traded issues.
commodities exchange,
futures exchange,
futures market.
the pit,
the floor.
ticker,
stock ticker,
quotation —
stock index,
market index,
the Dow Jones Index,
the Dow Industrials,
the transportation index,
utilities,
the utilities index —
the New York Stock Exchange index,
the Nikkei index [Jap.Tr.] —
the Financial Times index,
the FTI [Brit.],
the over-the-counter index,
NASDAQ index.
[person or firm trading securities]
broker,
stockbroker,
jobber,
stock dealer,
odd-lot dealer —
specialist.
[person who buys or sells stocks]
investor,
speculator,
operator —
bull,
buyer —
bear,
short seller —
scalper,
arbitrager†,
arbitrageur† —
stockholder,
share-holder,
stockholder of record —
bond holder,
coupon-clipper [Sarc.].
investment —
speculation.
verb
speculate,
invest,
trade,
trade stocks,
play the market —
buy long,
sell short,
take a position,
straddle —
take a plunge,
plunge in,
take a flier [Coll.].
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