stockjobber

[ stok-job-er ]

/ ˈstɒkˌdʒɒb ər /

noun

a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.

British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers.

Origin of stockjobber

First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber

OTHER WORDS FROM stockjobber

stock·job·ber·y, stockjobbing, noun

Words nearby stockjobber

stocking stitch, stocking stuffer, stock in trade, stockish, stockist, stockjobber, stock ledger, stockless, stock lock, stockman, stock market

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Example sentences from the Web for stockjobber

It is droll to look back upon the movement which led public opinion to prefer a stockjobber to a gallant soldier.
Rides on Railways|Samuel Sidney
Sometimes it is of noble birth; and sometimes the spawn of a stockjobber.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I|Francis W. Halsey
No stockjobber on 'Change could go about his exciting work with more animating eagerness.
The Bertrams|Anthony Trollope
The Rads have got hold of a stockjobber who is good for a thousand, and Maltman says they cannot fight him with less than that.
Name and Fame|Adeline Sergeant

Wasn't it a stockjobber who thought Botticelli was a cheese?
Austin and His Friends|Frederic H. Balfour

British Dictionary definitions for stockjobber

stockjobber

/ (ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbə) /

noun

British (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the publicOften shortened to: jobber See also market maker

US derogatory a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities

Derived forms of stockjobber

stockjobbery or stockjobbing, noun

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单词	stockjobber
释义	stockjobber [ stok-job-er ] / ˈstɒkˌdʒɒb ər / noun a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities. British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers. Origin of stockjobber First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber OTHER WORDS FROM stockjobber stock·job·ber·y, stockjobbing, noun Words nearby stockjobber stocking stitch, stocking stuffer, stock in trade, stockish, stockist, stockjobber, stock ledger, stockless, stock lock, stockman, stock market Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stockjobber It is droll to look back upon the movement which led public opinion to prefer a stockjobber to a gallant soldier. Rides on Railways\|Samuel Sidney Sometimes it is of noble birth; and sometimes the spawn of a stockjobber. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I\|Francis W. Halsey No stockjobber on 'Change could go about his exciting work with more animating eagerness. The Bertrams\|Anthony Trollope The Rads have got hold of a stockjobber who is good for a thousand, and Maltman says they cannot fight him with less than that. Name and Fame\|Adeline Sergeant Wasn't it a stockjobber who thought Botticelli was a cheese? Austin and His Friends\|Frederic H. Balfour British Dictionary definitions for stockjobber stockjobber / (ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbə) / noun British (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the publicOften shortened to: jobber See also market maker US derogatory a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities Derived forms of stockjobber stockjobbery or stockjobbing, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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