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stock market 1 : stock exchange 2 : a market for particular stocks 3 : the market for stocks throughout a country ...
market
market 1 : the rate or price at which a security or commodity is currently selling : market price 2 a : a geographical area of demand for commodities or services [seeking new foreign s] b : a formal organized system enabling the transaction of business between buyers and sellers of commodities [a futures ] see also stock market c : a specified category of potential buyers [the youth ] 3 a : the course of commercial activity by which the exchange of commodities is accomplished [the is quiet] b : an opportunity for selling [developing new s] c : the available supply of or potential demand for specified goods or services [the labor ] [the for durable goods] d : the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices [studying forces and behavior] ...
Marketable security
Marketable security, means a security of such a description as to be capable of being sold in any stock market in India or in the United Kingdom. [Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899), s. 2 (16A)]...
stock
stock 1 a : the equipment, materials, or supplies of a business b : a store or supply accumulated ;esp : the inventory of the goods of a merchant or manufacturer 2 : the ownership element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates ;also : the certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock capital stock 1 : the stock that a corporation may issue under its charter including both common and preferred stock 2 : the outstanding shares of a joint stock company considered as an aggregate 3 : capitalization common stock : a class of stock whose holders share in company profits (as through dividends) on a pro rata basis, may vote for directors and on important matters such as mergers, and may have limited access to information not publicly available cumulative preferred stock : preferred stock whose holders are entitled to the payment of cumulative dividends as well as current dividends before common stockholders are ...
stock option plan
stock option plan : a form of deferred compensation that allows an employee to buy corporate stock at a set price (as the prevailing market price at the time of the contract) at any time (as when the market price has risen) during a designated number of years ...
Rigging the market
Rigging the market, means the practice of artificially inflating stock prices, by a series of bids, so that the demand for those stocks appears to be high and investors will therefore be entitled into buying the stocks, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1322....
phantom stock plan
phantom stock plan : a form of executive compensation in which an employee is granted units representing shares of stock which are redeemable at a specified future date for the market value of an equivalent number of corporate shares but which in the interval are nontransferable, have no cash value, and confer none of the noneconomic rights (as voting) conferred by ordinary stock ...
Market or bazar
Market or bazar, means any place, by whatever name called, where persons assemble for the sale of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, live stock or any other article of food or merchandise, declared and licensed by the municipality as a market. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(32)]...
Over-the-counter market
Over-the-counter market, means the market for securities that are not traded on an organised exchange. Over-the Counter (OTC) trading usually occurs through telephone or computer negotiations between buyers and sellers. Many of the more actively traded OTC Stocks are listed on NASDAQ, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1130....
stock exchange
stock exchange 1 : a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system 2 : an association or group of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities ...
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