DOW-JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Example:

the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing

Synonyms:

Dow-Jones Industrial Average; Dow Jones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

stock index; stock market index (index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks)

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