noun
1. a stock exchange in New York
• Syn: ↑New York Stock Exchange, ↑N. Y. Stock Exchange, ↑NYSE
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑stock exchange, ↑stock market, ↑securities market
2. the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange
• Hypernyms: ↑display panel, ↑display board, ↑board
• Part Holonyms: ↑New York Stock Exchange, ↑N. Y. Stock Exchange, ↑NYSE
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nounUsage: often capitalized both Bs, often attributive
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(sometimes l.c.) Informal.
the New York Stock Exchange.
[1920-25, Amer.]
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Big Board noun (US inf; also without caps)
The New York Stock Exchange
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Main Entry: ↑big
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Big Board,
U.S. Informal.
1. the board on which prices are quoted of the stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
2. the New York Stock Exchange.
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informal term for the New York Stock Exchange
Useful english dictionary. 2012.