Dow

¹

[dou]

noun

1. none the Dow or the Dow Jones a shortened form of Dow Jones average.

   The Dow is up nearly 8,400 points from its record low on February 12.

   The 7 percent drop in the Dow Jones was a harbinger of the precipice on which the economy was then hanging.

Dow

²

[dou]

noun

1. Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.

2. Gerrard Dou, Gerard.

3. Herbert Henry, 1866–1930, U.S. chemist, inventor, and industrialist.

dow

³

[dou, doh]

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England.

dowed, dought , dowing .

1. to be able.

2. to thrive; prosper; do well.

Dow.

⁴

abbreviation

1. dowager.

Dow

/ daʊ, dɔu /

noun

1. See Dou

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dow¹

before 900; Middle English dowen, doghen, Old English dugan to be worthy; cognate with German taugen; doughty

Example Sentences

The gap between its $4.35 trillion in market value and Google’s has narrowed to around $592.3 billion, the smallest since April, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

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“Looking ahead, the housing market appears to be finding a new equilibrium after the pandemic boom,” Nicholas Godec, S&P Dow Jones Indices’ head of fixed income tradables & commodities, said in a statement last month when August’s Case-Shiller data was released.

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Since the end of October, Broadcom has been ahead of Meta in market capitalization, according to Dow Jones Market Data, with a recent gap of $217.6 billion between the two.

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Alphabet’s stock was up nearly 6% during midday trading Monday, putting it within 5% of a $4 trillion market capitalization, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

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—U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.7% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4% while futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose just shy of 1.0%.

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