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Definition: Stockbroker |
StockbrokerNoun1. An agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stockbroker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | Agent who buys or sells securities on behalf of his clients ; a person or a firm that buys and sells shares or bonds on behalf of clients. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A person who serves as a middleman and, for a fee, facilitates the transactions between buyers and sellers of stock. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A stock broker is someone who performs transactions on the stock market on behalf of third parties who are unable or unwilling to trade for themselves. The stock broker generally charges a flat fee and often a percentage-based commission for undertaking the trade.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stock broker."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mart | Broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer; specialist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Stockbroker |
| English words defined with "stockbroker": Stock broker ♦ Ticket day. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stockbroker": cash-management account ♦ placing of issues ♦ REVENUE OFFICER. (references) |
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Lyrics | Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man (Graduation (Friends Forever); performing artist: Vitamin C) | |
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Percy Bysshe Shelley | Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. |
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| "Stockbroker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.98% of the time. "Stockbroker" is used about 199 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.98% | 193 | 22,089 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.02% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 199 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "stockbroker": stockbroker-belt, stockbroker-film. | |
Ending with "stockbroker": ex-stockbroker. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stockbroker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shitblerës aksionesh, agjent burse. (various references) | |
Arabic | سمسار الأسهم المالية, سمسار البورصة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | борсов агент, борсов посредник (jobber, operator). (various references) | |
Chinese | 股票经纪人. (various references) | |
Czech | makléř (broker). (various references) | |
Danish | vekselerer (broker, dealer, stock broker), fondsbørsvekselerer (broker, jobber, stock broker), børsmægler (broker, CAC man, jobber, stock broker). (various references) | |
Dutch | POM (broker, brokerage, stock broker, stock brokering company, stockbroking house), effectenmakelaar (broker, stock broker), commissionair (broker, stock broker). (various references) | |
Farsi | دلال سهام شرکتها. (various references) | |
Finnish | pörssivälittäjä (jobber). (various references) | |
French | agent de change (stock broker). (various references) | |
German | börsenmakler (operator, stock brokers, stockbrokers). (various references) | |
Greek | χρηματιστής (broker, dealer, exchange broker, financial broker, foreign-exchange broker, money broker, operator, stock broker). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ברוקר, סוכן מ יות (broker). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tőzsdeügynök (broker, stock-broker), tőzsdés (speculator, stock-broker), részvényügynök (stock-broker, stock-jobber), alkusz (broker, scrivener, stock-broker). (various references) | |
Italian | agente di cambio (broker). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 式仲買人 , 屋 , ストークスの法則 (heater, stock, stock car, stock car race, stock control, stocker, Stockholm, stockings, Stoic, Stoicism, Stokes' law, stole, stone, stone circle, stone crab, stone wash, store, store brand, store concept, storm, story, story teller, storyboard, stove, stove league). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かぶしきなかがいに", かぶや, ストックブローカー . (various references) | |
Manx | boorsagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockbrokerstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | traficante (huckster, monger, trader, trafficker), negociante (business person, businessman, coper, dealer, merchant, negotiant, seller, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesman, trafficker, vintner), navio mercante (merchant vessel, merchantman, trader), corretor de bolsa (broker, stock broker), corretor de ações, corretor da bolsa de valores, corretor (agent, broker, corrector, jobber, scrivener), comerciante (business person, businessman, commercialese, merchant, seller, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesman, trafficker), agente de câmbio (broker, stock broker). (various references) | |
Russian | брокер (broker), биржевой маклер (cambist, jobber, stock broker). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | posrednik u trgovini. (various references) | |
Spanish | corredor de valores, bolsista. (various references) | |
Swedish | börsmäklare (jobber, stock-broker). (various references) | |
Thai | นายหน้าซื้อขายหุ้น. (various references) | |
Turkish | broker, borsa tellâlı, borsa simsarı (exchange broker, jobber, trader). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | біржовий маклер (jobber, stockjobber, trader). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người mua bán cổ phần chứng khoán. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stockbroker": stockbrokerage, stockbrokerages, stockbrokers. (additional references) | |
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"Stockbroker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stockbrocker. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stockbroker" (pronounced 'Stock"bro`ker'): Pawnbroker, Sharebroker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-k-k-o-o-r-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: bookrest, brockets, rockrose. | |
-4 letters: bookers, booster, brocket, brokers, cookers, cooters, corkers, rebooks, reboots, recooks, recorks, rectors, restock, rockers, rockets, rooster, rooters, scooter, stocker, stooker, stroker, toreros. | |
-5 letters: betook, booker, borers, bosker, bosket, brocks, broker, brooks, cooers, cooker, cooter, corers, corker, corset, coster, crooks, crores, escort, ockers, rebook, reboot, recook, recork, rector, rectos, resorb. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-k-k-o-o-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: stockbrokers. | |
+3 letters: stockbrokerage. | |
+4 letters: stockbrokerages. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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