the dow
Wall Street measure
The Dow is shorthand for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index tracking thirty major American companies.
It serves as a barometer of U.S. market health: The Dow closed up 200 points today.
News reports often use "the Dow" as synecdoche for the stock market generally: Investors panicked and the Dow tumbled.
- Dow Jones Industrial AverageStock market index
- Apple Inc.Consumer electronics corporation
- blue-chip stocksShares in stable corporations
- tickerInformal term for heart
- Dow futuresDerivatives tracking blue-chip index
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the dowgold
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the dowmarket crash
Sudden market decline
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