stockjobbing

English

Etymology

From stockjobber.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/

Noun

stockjobbing (usually uncountable, plural stockjobbings)

  1. (trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
    • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 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.
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