Definition

1. Proper noun:
   • The New York Stock Exchange: A specific, major stock exchange located in New York City, USA. It is one of the world's largest and most well-known marketplaces for buying and selling shares of publicly traded companies.

Usage

• This term is used as a proper noun to refer specifically to the New York Stock Exchange. It is often abbreviated as NYSE.
• It functions as the subject or object in a sentence when discussing financial markets, trading, or specific companies.

Examples

• As a subject:
  • The n. y. stock exchange opened lower this morning.
• As an object:
  • The company is listed on the n. y. stock exchange.
• In a prepositional phrase:
  • Trading volume on the n. y. stock exchange was high today.

Advanced Usage

• "to be listed on the n. y. stock exchange": This phrase means a company has met the requirements to have its shares traded publicly on this specific exchange.
  • After its initial public offering, the tech firm was listed on the n. y. stock exchange.

Variants and Related Words

• NYSE (n.): The standard and most common abbreviation for the New York Stock Exchange.
  • The ticker symbol on the NYSE is unique for each company.
• Stock exchange (n.): The general term for an organized marketplace where securities are traded. The "n. y. stock exchange" is a specific instance of this.
• Wall Street (n.): A metonym often used to refer to the financial district of New York City and, by extension, the US financial markets, which includes the NYSE.

Synonyms

• New York Stock Exchange: The full, formal name.
• The Big Board: A historical nickname for the NYSE.

Notes

• The term "n. y. stock exchange" is typically written with periods ("n.y.") in its abbreviated form, though the more modern and prevalent abbreviation is "NYSE" without periods.
• It is a singular, proper noun and is always capitalized when written in full.

Noun

1. a stock exchange in New York