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单词 stockjobber
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Definition of stockjobber in English:

stockjobber

nounˈstɒkdʒɒbəˈstɑkˌdʒɑbər
  • 1British

    another term for jobber (sense 1 of the noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Born in London of Dutch parents, his career 1793-1814 was as a stockjobber, initially in the family firm.
    • The circumstances were, the plaintiff, who was a clergyman, lent the defendant, who was a stockjobber, 3000l. 4 per cent, annuities; the defendant, was a surety with Kentish for the re-transfer.
  • 2North American derogatory A stockbroker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the end of the novel she marries the stockjobber, a leading promoter of the American railway scheme.
    • My friend the stockjobber closed his book, turned his back on his pitch, and walked with me off the Stock Exchange floor, down Throgmorton Street and into Bill Bentley's fish house.
    • A second reason, certainly understood by the infamous stockjobbers crowding the coffee houses of Exchange Alley, was the option value of defaulting on future installments in case the stock began to lose value in the market.
    • In the same period, English investors slowly overcame a long-standing suspicion of stockjobbers and the share markets.

Derivatives

  • stockjobbing

  • nounˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋˈstɑkˌdʒɑbɪŋ
    • After schooldays at Charterhouse Brian had hoped to join the Navy but family circumstances dictated that he enter the City, at an early age, into his uncle's stockjobbing firm.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It means that somebody was interested in this stockjobbing and it can be easily explained.
      • It is worthwhile mentioning that our resource is not connected to dealing centers and we are not interested in involving our clients in stockjobbing.
      • The stockjobbing in this city offered greater advantages than to buy shares in the canal.
      • The use of the term shall will beget speculations and increase the pestilent practice of stockjobbing.
 
 

Definition of stockjobber in US English:

stockjobber

nounˈstɑkˌdʒɑbərˈstäkˌjäbər
North American derogatory
  • A stockbroker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the end of the novel she marries the stockjobber, a leading promoter of the American railway scheme.
    • In the same period, English investors slowly overcame a long-standing suspicion of stockjobbers and the share markets.
    • A second reason, certainly understood by the infamous stockjobbers crowding the coffee houses of Exchange Alley, was the option value of defaulting on future installments in case the stock began to lose value in the market.
    • My friend the stockjobber closed his book, turned his back on his pitch, and walked with me off the Stock Exchange floor, down Throgmorton Street and into Bill Bentley's fish house.
 
 
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