Dow Jones Average

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any of the indexes published by Dow Jones & Company, a financial publishing firm in New York City, showing the average closing prices of the representative common stocks of 30 industrials, 20 transportation companies, or 15 utilities.

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Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
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I do not think the average number of passengers on a corresponding route in our country could be so few as twenty.
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I should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dow Jones Average

Dow-Jones average

/ (ˈdaʊˈdʒəʊnz) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Dow-Jones average

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

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