stockbroker
noun
a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.
stockbrokers
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pluralof stockbroker.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When U.S. regulators in 1975 abolished fixed trading commissions—blowing up a decades-old system that had shielded stockbrokers from competition—Schwab started one of the first discount brokerages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“The Forsytes” is inspired by Galsworthy’s family of extremely wealthy stockbrokers in late-Victorian London, an age in which nobility’s influence and social dominance receded with the rise of new money.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
It was in that same spirit that 24 stockbrokers got together on Wall Street in 1792 to sign the Buttonwood Agreement External link, starting what would become the New York Stock Exchange.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
“The cracks appearing in luxury demand are very telling,” said Sophie Lund-Yates, an analyst at stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
As an equity investor, FrontPoint Partners was covered by Wall Street stockbrokers.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
