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.

Related terms

• stockjobber