stock market

market where people buy and sell stocks

A stock market is a market for the trading of company stock, and derivatives of same; both of these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.
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Noun
1. an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers
(synonym) stock exchange, securities market
(hypernym) exchange
(hyponym) American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curb
(member-holonym) market, securities industry
(class) bullish

Also called the equity market, the market for trading equities.

See equity market