money market

noun

the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.

Words nearby money market

money cowrie, money cowry, money fund, money is no object, money is the root of all evil, money market, money of account, money of necessity, money order, money player, money shot

Origin of money market

First recorded in 1925–30

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Examples from the Web for money market

And since investors tend to treat money-market funds like cash, it makes sense for funds to maintain maximum flexibility.
Panic Sets In With the Davos Crowd|Daniel Gross|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The money-market fund industry nearly collapsed, as many money-market funds had Lehman Brothers commercial paper.
Debt-Limit Disaster Is Exponentially Worse Than 2008 Lehman Debacle|Daniel Gross|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But she challenged the lack of oversight on money-market funds that the public believes are safe.
Former Wall Street Executive Sallie Krawcheck Critiques Financial Reform Policy|Allan Dodds Frank|October 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Here they teach the young figures first, as though all of life was a money-market.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln|Hezekiah Butterworth

This ran on the subject of the money-market, with which the young man boasted some practical acquaintance.
The Whirlpool|George Gissing
They believe in the Laws and the Money-market and Respectability.
Three Plays by Granville-Barker|Harley Granville-Barker
To use the language of the money-market, there was a temporary “slump” in cable shares.
The Romance of Modern Invention|Archibald Williams
A money-market term for the price paid in order to obtain immediate realization of a bill not yet due.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for money market

money market

noun

finance the financial institutions dealing with short-term loans and capital and with foreign exchangeCompare capital market

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Cultural definitions for money market

money market

A collective term for the many markets in which funds that are loaned for short periods to businesses or to governments are bought and sold.