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share market

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noun

    1. a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules

    2. a place where securities are regularly traded

    3. ( as modifier )

      a share-market speculator

  2. the prices or trading activity of a share market

    the share market is buoyant
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Share market participants said authorities should intervene early to resolve the crisis, as distressed property developers would probably be unable to resume construction in the near term due to their liquidity crunch.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2022

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