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Big Board

American  

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

  1. the New York Stock Exchange.

Big Board British  

noun

  1. the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange

  2. the New York Stock Exchange

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big board Cultural  

  1. The huge electronic board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports the changing values of stocks traded on the 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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Appeared in the April 17, 2026, print edition as 'How Storied Big Board Went All In on Crypto'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

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 Big Board said it would reverse some trades and let member firms request compensation for losses tied to the problem, though undoing some transactions could affect sales on other exchanges.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

The name of the book was The Big Board.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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