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ticker tape Definition

☆ ticker tape

noun

paper tape used in a ticker (sense ) for recording telegraphed stock market quotations, etc.

ticker tape Finance Definition

A system that displays stock symbols, prices, and volume information in a scrolling manner and is displayed in brokerage offices or in other public places. It derives its name from the loud ticking noise that these machines made when they printed the price and volume information for the stocks in the days before computers.

ticker tape Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

parade: He is the only individual to have been recognized with two ticker tape parades down Broadway's Canyon of Heroes.

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