A market in which securities are bought and sold.
Most large cities have stock exchanges.
All stock exchanges make it possible for firms to raise long-term capital by issuing securities to investors, who can then use the stock exchange to sell their securities when they wish. Investors normally buy and sell through brokers, and in most stock exchanges deals are now conducted using computers. Market Penguin Dictionary of Sociology 2. Oxford University Press 3. Market Bloomsbury Thesaurus 4.