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stock ticker

American  

noun

  1. ticker.


Etymology

Origin of stock ticker

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Even its stock ticker is getting in on the act.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Dec. 3, 2025

Intel, whose stock ticker is INTC, uses the x86 chip architecture in making the processors that act as the main computing brains for PCs and servers.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 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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