Big Board
noun
the New York Stock Exchange.
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big boardThe huge electronic board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports the changing values of stocks traded on the exchange.
Big Board
Americannoun
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Big Board
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the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
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the New York Stock Exchange
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The term is used sometimes to mean the New York Stock Exchange itself.
Etymology
Origin of Big Board
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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The Big Board mandated that frequency for most listed companies in 1939.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Western Railroad of Massachusetts reported that 2,331 individuals owned shares in 1838, and the Pennsylvania topped 2,600, Robert Sobol writes in The Big Board External link: A History of the New York Stock Market.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Business finally awoke to the potential of such devices,” writes historian Robert Sobel in “The Big Board: A History of the New York Stock Market.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
Some rate him as the third-best safety in the draft with Pro Football Focus listing him 51st on its Big Board of all players available.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
The same general idea appears in The Big Board by Kilgore Trout.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
But there’s some sense that this draft, more than most, will come down to what teams value, meaning one organization’s big board could look pretty different than another’s board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
“Will hit with everything he’s got,’’ wrote Pro Football Focus, which has him 165th on its big board.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
There’s a big board of increasing cash prizes.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
Then it’ll be the men’s turn to do flippy-twisty things in the freeslopestyle qualifiers and the big board final.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2022
Next to the targets was a big board that had a thick, dark green forest painted on it.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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