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secondary markets

secondary markets is the plural of secondary market.

Meaning of secondary market

Noun

secondary market (plural secondary markets)

  1. The financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering.
    • Although 4.1 million tickets were sold for the 2023 shows—including over 2 million on the first day, a new record—scalpers jacked up prices on the secondary market to more than $22,000.2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023
  2. The market for works of art that have been sold before.
    • The primary market is art directly from the artist, offered for sale for the first time. The secondary market is resale: buying, selling and trading among collectors, dealers and museums.2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN

Questions about secondary markets

What is secondary markets the plural of?
Secondary markets is the plural of secondary market.

Words near secondary markets in the dictionary

  1. secondary legislation
  2. secondary legislations
  3. secondary liability
  4. secondary literature
  5. secondary market
  6. secondary markets
  7. secondary memory
  8. secondary metabolite
  9. secondary metabolites
  10. secondary modern
  11. secondary modern school

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