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▪ I. Amex, n.1 (Entry in Dict. becomes Amex n.2) colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈæmɛks|
[Blend f. the name of the American Stock Exchange.]
The American Stock Exchange in New York, the second largest U.S. securities exchange (the largest being the New York Stock Exchange).
1961Newsweek 24 July 56/3 Far from being..defensive about the Amex record, they took the offensive from the start. Ibid., [Both were] expelled from the Amex for stock manipulation. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. b1/3 The Amex price-change index gained 8 cents to $22.34. 1979Forbes (N.Y.) 24 Dec. 80/3 What's true on the major exchange is equally true of the 25 biggest winners and the 25 biggest losers on the Amex and on the o-t-c market. 1987Financial World 10 Mar. 82/1 Chieftain Development Co. Ltd. (AMEX, TSE: CID) had one of its best exploration years in 1986, the company reported.
▪ II. Amex orig. U.S.|ˈæmɛks|
Also AMEX.
[Blend f. the name of the American Express Co.]
= American Express. Chiefly attrib., esp. as Amex card. (Proprietary.)
Amexco was registered as a U.S. trademark for travel, shipping, and financial services by the American Express Co. on 21 Mar. 1950.
1970Trade Marks Jrnl. 12 Aug. 1316/1 Amex..Paper, paper articles [etc.]. American Express Company. 1973Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 25 Dec. 183 American Express Company, New York, N.Y. Filed Sept. 19, 1972... Amex. 1977C. McFadden Serial (1978) l. 106/2 Harvey watched one of them making a sale, cheerfully accepting an Amex credit card. 1979Washington Post 3 June f4/4 American Express reports that the largest growth in AMEX card membership is among women. 1983C. Hyde Tenth Crusade ii. 100 ‘You take American Express?’.. ‘Are you kidding? Aspen would be a ghost town without Amex.’ 1985Financial Times (Weekend Suppl.) 10 Aug. p. iv/1 Then there was the lottery winner in the U.S. who, after a $1.1m win, applied for an Amex card only to be rejected. |