stock symbol

A stock symbol or ticker symbol is a mnemonic used to uniquely identify publicly-traded shares of a corporation on a particular stock market. A stock symbol may consist of letters, numbers or a combination of both. The word "ticker" used to mean "ticker symbol" is specific to U.S. stock symbols.
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Noun
1. the letters used to identify listed companies on the securities exchanges where they are traded
(hypernym) symbol