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Big board

noun

A stock exchange in New York. Synonyms: N. Y. Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE.

The large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange.

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"Big board" Quotes from Famous Books

... soldiers, both inside and outside the sentry-lines, were standing in groups discussing the naval fight off Manila, lounging and smoking on the ground in the shade of the army wagons, playing hand-ball to pass away the time, or swarming around a big board shanty, just outside the lines, which called itself "NOAH'S ARK" and announced in big letters its readiness to dispense cooling drinks to all comers at a ...

— Campaigning in Cuba • George Kennan

Words linked to "Big board" : NYSE, display panel, board, display board, stock exchange, securities market, stock market