kerb market

or kerbstone market

noun

, British.

1. curb ( def 5 ).

kerb market

noun

1. an after-hours street market
2. a street market dealing in unquoted securities

Word History and Origins

Origin of kerb market¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Small businesses took a beating in 2011 when a succession of rate hikes by China's central bank slowed the Chinese economy and dramatically raised their borrowing costs in the kerb market to over 30 percent for some.

From Reuters

Alongside the mainstream banks, there has been robust growth from kerb market lenders.

From Reuters

Having dallied sufficiently on the summit—there are a trifle of fifty- eight floors, but an express lift makes nothing of them—I continued the implacable career of the tripper by watching for a while the deafening kerb market, which presented on that morning an odd appearance, more like Yarmouth beach than a financial centre, for there had been rain, and all the street operators were in sou'westers and sea-boots.

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