stock ticker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stock ticker
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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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