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stockjobbing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From stockjobber.

Meanings

  1. (dated, uncountable, usually) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
    • poor Kendall had a hard time of it to stop them at last, as Amos will to stop the mouths of the people about his stockjobbing. 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 20:

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stockjobbing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From stockjobber.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of stockjob
    form of stockjob

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