noun
dow
dow
noun
1
Short for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a widely followed US stock market index.
"The Dow closed up 200 points on Friday."
How to Use Dow
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common short name for the Dow Jones stock market index.
Common pairings
the Dow rose
the Dow fell
Dow Jones
Word Forms
dowed past tense, dought past tense, dowed past tense, Dows plural, dows singular, dows singular
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