Dow Jones Average: Meaning and Definition of

Dow' Jones' Av"erage

Pronunciation: (dou), [key]
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  1. any of the indexes published by Dow Jones & Company, a financial publishing firm in New York City, showing the average closing prices of the representative common stocks of 30 industrials, 20 transportation companies, or 15 utilities.
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