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secondary market

American  

noun

Stock Exchange.
  1. the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.


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When the platform opens, fans who don’t want to attend the events they purchased tickets for can list their tickets for resale and get money back through the secondary market.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

"Fifa also moved into the secondary market with its official resale marketplace, taking a 15% fee from both buyer and seller," adds Laboure.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

TSMC-branded products sell at a premium in a flourishing secondary market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

One option is the so-called secondary market, where employees and early investors who already own shares in SpaceX can sell them to others privately, at whatever price the two sides agree on.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Nigeria is known to have re-purchased, at heavily discounted prices, large chunks of its $2.2 billion debt to Russia in the secondary market through British and American intermediaries.

From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel

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