stockbroker

[ stok-broh-ker ]

noun

1. a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.

stockbroker

/ ˈstɒkˌbrəʊkərɪdʒ; ˈstɒkˌbrəʊkə /

noun

1. a person who buys and sells securities on a commission basis for customers Often shortened tobroker

Derived Forms

• stockbrokerage, noun

Other Words From

• stock·brok·er·age stock brok·er·age [stok, -broh-ker-ij], noun
• stock·brok·ing stock·brok·er·ing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockbroker¹

First recorded in 1700–10; stock + broker

Example Sentences

Similarly, those returns are why Ilves likens travel advisers to stockbrokers.

From Washington Post

Mark Kimsey, a Great Falls stockbroker, boosted Snyder’s bottom line two days before the deadline with a $1 million donation.

From Washington Post

When completed, local investors will be able to buy and sell stocks across those three countries without the currently existing hurdles, such as needing different stockbrokers in each country.

From Quartz

As Jordan Belfort, a charismatic monster of a stockbroker, DiCaprio is a feral beast; the id incarnate.

From The Daily Beast

Former stockbroker Jordan Belfort once had sex on $3 million in cash.

From The Daily Beast

Near the beginning of Wolf, Belfort arrives on Wall Street for his first day of work as an entry-level stockbroker.

From The Daily Beast

Pippa Middleton was snapped snogging her new boyfriend stockbroker Nico Jackson after playing a game of tennis in London.

From The Daily Beast

Nico is a stockbroker at Deutsche Bank, whose family run a ski shop in England.

From The Daily Beast

The stockbroker had too short a go—he was carried off in his flower.

From Project Gutenberg

He wouldn't be a theatrical manager—his attire was too formal; or a stockbroker—his attire was not formal enough.

From Project Gutenberg

Then there's that bald man in the white robe--his name's Giroflet--a retired stockbroker.

From Project Gutenberg

This Brown was the son of a Scotch stockbroker living in Lambeth.

From Project Gutenberg

Joseph knew no stockbroker—had only heard of them by rumour.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• backer
• banker
• broker
• capitalist
• entrepreneur
• merchant
• operator
• speculator
• tycoon