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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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Rothenberg also wanted to charge $1,000 a ticket for the final in 1994, arguing that fans would pay that on the secondary market, so why let the scalpers make the profit?

From Los Angeles Times

Luckily, the secondary market will be properly regulated in 2026, with the government announcing laws to stop touts reselling tickets for more than face value.

From BBC

This structure also means that Rolex doesn’t have to hold any secondhand inventory on its books, which is a bonus considering values in the secondary market are volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal

Worse, most of these sports have partnered and entangled themselves in the legal “secondary” market, where price gouging is the expected norm.

From The Wall Street Journal

And I haven’t gotten to the secondary market, where sellers are salivating.

From The Wall Street Journal