Big Board

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. the New York Stock Exchange.

Big Board

noun

1. the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
2. the New York Stock Exchange

big board

1. The huge electronic board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports the changing values of stocks traded on the exchange.

Notes

The term is used sometimes to mean the New York Stock Exchange itself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Big Board¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

It isn't listed on the big board, and if it's traded in on the Curb, the dealings must be pretty small.

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At last the car slowed down in front of a gate, on one side of which was a big board.

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Nannie at once became motionless, and the stranger began to work away at the big board before him with some very thin sticks.

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He found the big board where the assignments for the day were chalked, and searched down the long lists for his own name.

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A big board lying across the bags had chalked upon it, “Take One.”

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Related Words

• stock exchange