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stock ticker

American  

noun

  1. ticker.


Etymology

Origin of stock ticker

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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The company will retain the Independence Realty Trust name and stock ticker.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Honeywell Technologies will keep the “HON” stock ticker.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

There is no stock ticker, no brokerage-account access and no public-equity wrapper for these businesses.

From MarketWatch Dec. 3, 2025

Apparently he was on his phone or looking at fish or looking at a stock ticker.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2023

Milo had never imagined a machine so beautiful as a stock ticker before.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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