stock market (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[stock market 词源字典]
"place where securities are bought and sold," 1809, from stock (n.2) + market. The original Stock Market (mid-14c.) was a fish and meat market in the City of London on or near the later site of Mansion House, so called perhaps because it occupied the site of a former stocks. Stock exchange is attested from 1773.[stock market etymology, stock market origin, 英语词源]