stockjobber

[ stok-job-er ]

noun

1. a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
2. British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers.

stockjobber

/ ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbə /

noun

1. See market maker
   (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the public Often shortened tojobber See also market maker
2. derogatory.
   a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities

Derived Forms

• ˈstockˌjobbery, noun

Other Words From

• stockjobber·y stockjobbing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockjobber¹

First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber

Example Sentences

The Rads have got hold of a stockjobber who is good for a thousand, and Maltman says they cannot fight him with less than that.

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Sometimes it is of noble birth; and sometimes the spawn of a stockjobber.

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It was about the year 1688 that the word stockjobber was first heard in London.

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Lame duck, a stockjobber who speculates beyond his capital, and cannot pay his losses.

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It is droll to look back upon the movement which led public opinion to prefer a stockjobber to a gallant soldier.

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