stockjobbing
English
Etymology
From stockjobber.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/
Noun
stockjobbing (usually uncountable, plural stockjobbings)
- (trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 20:
- 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 1987, p. 20:
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