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stockbroker

[ stok-broh-ker ]
/ ˈstɒkˌbroʊ kər /
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noun

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

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Also called broker.

Origin of stockbroker

First recorded in 1700–10; stock + broker

OTHER WORDS FROM stockbroker

stock·brok·er·age, stock brokerage [stok-broh-ker-ij], /ˈstɒkˌbroʊ kər ɪdʒ/, nounstockbroking, stock·brok·er·ing, noun

Words nearby stockbroker

stock and station agent, stock book, stock boy, stockbreeder, stockbreeding, stockbroker, stockbroker belt, stock car, stock certificate, stock character, stock clerk
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Words related to stockbroker

merchant, mediator, agent, intermediary, entrepreneur, financier, dealer, trafficker, seller, tycoon, broker, backer, speculator, banker, capitalist, operator, intercessor, negotiator, intermediate, go-between

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British Dictionary definitions for stockbroker

stockbroker
/ (ˈstɒkˌbrəʊkə) /

noun

a person who buys and sells securities on a commission basis for customersOften shortened to: broker

Derived forms of stockbroker

stockbrokerage (ˈstɒkˌbrəʊkərɪdʒ) or stockbroking, noun
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