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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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However, the bonds quickly fell in the secondary market to a degree rarely seen by investors, driving up their yield premium, or spread, to U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Kjell-Ivar Skogmo and his group of four traveled from Norway on a whim for a 10-day trip to the U.S. as soon as they were able to secure tickets through a secondary market.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

When a rare bottle has a serial number to trace its origin, a buyer on the secondary market likely won’t see it until the purchase is complete.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

The cheapest get-in prices on the secondary market are $3,745 for Game 3 and $3,464 for Game 4, per Tickpick.

From MarketWatch May 26, 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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