Standard and Poor's UK US noun (also Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index™, ABBREVIATION S & P) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
► a US ratings agency (= organization that calculates the risk that loans will not be paid back) that also publishes a share index (= list of the average prices of shares on a particular stock market): »
It's among the world's top banks as rated by Standard & Poor's.
»Funds that bet on the Standard and Poor's index of 500 shares have gained nearly 10%.
Financial and business terms. 2012.