open outcrynoun [ U ]
ukusSTOCK MARKET, FINANCEa method of trading on a financial market in which people shout out their bids and offers, rather than trading using the phone or online:
Dealers conduct their business via display screens linked to a central computer rather than by open outcry on a trading floor.
open-outcry dealing/trading
an open-outcry exchange/system/trader
See also
open-cry auction