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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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Knicks ticket prices are some of the highest in the NBA, and the cheapest tickets for the next home playoff games are selling for over $500 each on the secondary market.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

As a result, many turn to the secondary market, even though prices can be significantly higher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The 13-inch figurines then go for astronomical prices on the secondary market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Tickets were going for more than $100 on the secondary market.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 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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