exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse;
Tattersall's.
stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon.
wharf; office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter
[Fr.].
shop, emporium, establishment; store &c 636; department store,
general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store
[U.S.], grindery warehouse†.
[food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop,
confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher
shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health
food store.
[specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco store,
tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore,
liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore,
chemist's [Brit.], florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer,
stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record
shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store;
lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement
center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer.
mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street.
surplus store, army-navy surplus store.
[locations where used articles are sold] auction; flea market;
yard sale, garage sale; pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store,
second time around shop, thrift shop.
warehouse, wareroom†; depot, interposit†, entrepot [Fr.].
market-overt.
real-estate broker.
vending machine.
799a. Stock Market [specialized markets for financial instruments] —
N. stock market, stock exchange, securities exchange; bourse, board;
the big board, the New York Stock Exchange; the market, the open
market; over-the-counter market; privately traded issues.
commodities exchange, futures exchange, futures market.
the pit, the floor.
ticker, stock ticker, quotation; stock index, market index, the
Dow Jones Index, the Dow Industrials, the transportation index,
utilities, the utilities index; the New York Stock Exchange index, the
Nikkei index [Jap.Tr.]; the Financial Times index, the FTI [Brit.], the
over-the-counter index, NASDAQ index.
[person or firm trading securities] broker, stockbroker, jobber,
stock dealer, odd-lot dealer; specialist.
[person who buys or sells stocks] investor, speculator, operator;
bull, buyer; bear, short seller; scalper, arbitrager†, arbitrageur†;
stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record; bond holder, coupon-
clipper [Sarc.].
investment; speculation.
V. speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long,
sell short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a
flier [Coll.].
799b. Securities — N. securities, stocks, common stock, preferred
stock, bonds, puts, calls, options, option contract, warrants,
commercial paper, bearer bond, tax-exempt bond, callable bond,
convertable bond†.
share, stock certificate; coupon, bond coupon.
liquid assets.