Ticker Tape Definition
noun
Paper tape used in a ticker for recording telegraphed stock-market quotations, etc.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a parade, etc. onto which confetti and paper streamers (and, formerly, ticker tape) are thrown in celebration.
Webster's New World
(by extension) Any device used for displaying usually sideways scrolling news or updates.
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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.
Webster's New World Finance
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