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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.


Example Sentences

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Prices of some of those bonds then edged lower in the secondary market, pushing the yields higher.

From The Wall Street Journal

You’re correct that secondary market transactions don’t directly affect the Treasury’s balance sheet.

From MarketWatch

Evergreen funds buy private-equity stakes on the secondary market and make co-investments alongside a firm’s institutional funds.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is now a more ubiquitous secondary market where originating lenders can sell their mortgages to intermediaries that securitize them and sell pieces to investors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, on the secondary market where sneaker culture’s thermometer really lives, Curry shoes barely register.

From Slate