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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The business of a stock-broker.

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Examples

  • "The ability to offer private client stock-broking services significantly strengthens NAB's competitive position, as it sets it apart from its Australian-listed peers that do not have the same product offering," Daiwa analyst Johan Vanderlugt said.

    NAB Takes Majority Stake in Goldman Sachs JBWere Unit 2009

  • "It is a very good deal for Campari," said Andrea Scauri, a stock-broking analyst for Italian bank Mediobanca, in part because Wild Turkey's 36% profit margins are much higher than Campari's overall 23% profit margins.

    Wild Turkey to Head North Under New Owner 2009

  • Anil Ambani, one of the world's richest men, plans to take on the international investment banks 'dominance of India's stock broking sector with a new stock-broking firm.

    Reliance to Ramp Up Broking Unit 2008

  • The stock-broking unit, part of Mr. Ambani's sprawling Reliance Industries Ltd. conglomerate, has hired 40 staff members so far and will have around 100 by the end of the year, according to Mr. Sanghi.

    Reliance to Ramp Up Broking Unit 2008

  • The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it has obtained a court order preventing Mr. Fysh from withdrawing funds from a stock-broking account.

    BG Group Suspends an Executive 2008

  • This had enabled him to continue running a stock-broking business from prison, buying and selling shares on the market daily.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • She might have put up with the stock-broking, but she never could have borne his liking the view.

    The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

  • I recognised the same furtive look of apprehension in his eyes that I had seen in the eyes of my stock-broking friend long before.

    The Quest of the Simple Life Dawson, William J 1907

  • At last I saw a vacancy at Mawson & Williams's, the great stock-broking firm in Lombard Street.

    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • At last I saw a vacancy at Mawson & Williams's, the great stock-broking firm in Lombard Street.

    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

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