A crying out.

present participle of outcry

plural of outcrying

simple past tense and past participle of outcry

plural of outcry

(countable, uncountable) A loud cry or uproar. / (figuratively) A strong protest. / (India, archaic, countable, uncountable) An auction.

(intransitive) To cry out. / (transitive) To cry louder than.

(business, finance) A trading method whereby traders gather in person, often in a pit, and call out to all their desire to buy or sell a quantity at a given price, transactions being consummated when two parties can agree on a price. Most frequently used in securities markets.