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stockjobber
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stock·job·ber  (stkjbr)
n.
1. Chiefly British A stock-exchange operator who deals only with brokers.
2. A stockbroker, especially an unscrupulous one.

stockjobbing n.

stockjobber [ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbə]
n
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Brit (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the public Often shortened to jobber See also market maker
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) US disparaging a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities
stockjobbery , stockjobbing n
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Noun1.stockjobber - one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
stock trader - someone who buys and sells stock shares
Translations
stockjobber [ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbəʳ] N (Brit) → agiotista mf


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Author: Robert Skidelsky "THROUGH THE contrivance and cunning of stock jobbers there hath been brought in such a complication of knavery and cozenage, such a mystery of iniquity, and such an unintelligible jargon of terms to involve it in, as were never known in any other age or country.
The very mention of the stock market will bring forth the most foul-tongued responses from quaint old ladies and former stock jobbers alike.
Stock jobbers no longer jostle on the floor of the Stock Exchange and most business is done internationally by telephone and email.
 
 
 
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