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Dow Jones Industrial Average

Syllabification: (Dow Jones In·dus·tri·al Av·er·age)
Pronunciation: /ˈdou ˈjōnz/

(also Dow Jones Average)
Definition of Dow Jones Industrial Average
  • an index of figures indicating the relative price of shares on the New York Stock Exchange, based on the average price of selected stocks.

Origin:

from the name of Dow Jones & Co, Inc., a financial news agency founded by Charles H. Dow (1851–1902) and Edward D. Jones (circa1855–1920), American economists whose company compiled the first average of US stock prices in 1884

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