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