An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers; SYN. stock market, securities market.
Institution for the buying and selling of stock in publicly held corporations. An exchange trades in stocks that are already issued. Trading is done only by members who have purchased or inherited a “seat” on the exchange. They can act as brokers for nonmembers, on a commission basis, or as floor brokers, acting for other members. Registered traders have no contact with the public but trade only their private accounts. The world’s largest exchanges are in New York, London, and Tokyo, and stock prices are watched carefully as indicators of confidence in the economy. SYN. stock-exchange
Mesto gde se redovno sastaje poslovni i trgovački svet radi zaključivanja poslova, naročito sa menicama i hartijama od vrednosti (efektna berza), zatim sa robom: žitom, ugljem i sl. (produktna berza); novčana pijaca, novčanik; berzijanci, ljudi koji se bave berzanskim poslovima, koji trguju na berzi; berza rada, ima za zadatak da utiče na tržište radne snage time što usredsređuje ponudu i tražnju i, na taj način, utiče na suzbijanje besposlice; burza.
(eng. stockexchange) Novčano tržište, berza hartija od vrednosti.