Dow Jones average

[ dou johnz av-er-ij, av-rij ]

noun

1. any of the indexes published by financial publishing firm Dow Jones and Company, especially any of those showing the average closing prices of the representative common stocks of 30 industrials, 20 transportation companies, or 15 utilities, or a composite of these.

Dow-Jones average

/ ˈdaʊˈdʒəʊnz /

noun

1. a daily index of stock-exchange prices based on the average price of a selected number of securities

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dow Jones average¹

C20: named after Charles H. Dow (died 1902) and Edward D. Jones (died 1920), American financial statisticians