stock ticker

noun

1. ticker ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of stock ticker¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Ethan Allen Interiors, the American furniture retailer, is changing its stock ticker to avoid confusion with ether, the crypto asset used to pay transactions fees on the ethereum computing platform.

From Quartz

Back at the station, a machine would spit out a strip of paper that resembled a stock ticker tape.

From Washington Post

Note has been made above of his invention of a stock ticker in Boston, and of his establishing a stock-quotation circuit.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not to be inferred, however, that the modern stock ticker has anything to do with the making or losing of fortunes.

From Project Gutenberg

His interest in the subject went back to his connection with General Lefferts in the days of the evolution of the stock ticker.

From Project Gutenberg

As the latter entered, Ames was absorbed in the legend of the stock ticker.

From Project Gutenberg

This stock ticker that stood by the desk in the adjoining room, did you keep run of it yourself?

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