stockbroker

noun

stock·​bro·​ker ˈstäk-ˌbrō-kər How to pronounce stockbroker (audio)
: a broker who executes orders to buy and sell securities and often also acts as a security dealer
stockbrokerage noun
stockbroking noun

Examples of stockbroker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 1992, Blum, who made his living as a stockbroker, decided to run for Congress as a Republican in a Texas district carved out to ensure Black representation. Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 While Dimon was an undergraduate at Tufts University, banker and family friend Sandy Weill hired him to spend his summer working at the investment bank Shearson—where Dimon’s father and grandfather both worked as stockbrokers. Byjasmine Li, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024 That included moving in with, and later marrying, first husband Walker Channing Jr., stockbroker scion of a Boston Brahmin family. Sue Reilly, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024 One prospective student wanted help investigating a stockbroker. By Ana Veciana-Suarez, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 The script focuses on a stockbroker named Keith Gill whose $53,000 investment in GameStop rose to a value of more than $48 million during January 2021. John Fund, National Review, 15 Jan. 2024 Other jobs at the bottom of the heap for their honesty and ethics: advertising pros, stockbrokers and insurance salespeople. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2024 After college, Bailey became a stockbroker on Wall Street and later a pharmaceutical sales representative. Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023 Lynch, the only founding member of the Dixie Chicks who was actually from Texas, was raised on her grandfather’s ranch near the Mexico border and worked as a stockbroker before co-founding the band in 1989, according to the Washington Times. Dan Zak, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1706, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stockbroker was circa 1706

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“Stockbroker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stockbroker. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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stockbroker

noun
stock·​bro·​ker ˈstäk-ˌbrō-kər How to pronounce stockbroker (audio)
: one that handles orders to buy and sell stocks

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