stockjobbing

  • 1Stockjobbing — Stock job bing, n. The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2stockjobbing — noun /ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/ Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares. 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. See Also: stockjobber …

    Wiktionary

  • 3stockjobbing — noun Date: 1692 speculative exchange dealings …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 4stockjobbing — See stockjobber. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 5stockjobbing — Synonyms and related words: agiotage, arbitrage, brokerage, buying in, equity capital, flier, flutter, jobbing, legal bucketing, liquidation, plunge, profit taking, round trade, scalping, speculation, spot sale, stockbrokerage, stockbroking,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6stockjobbing — n. buying and selling of stocks …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7stockjobbing — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: stock (I) + jobbing : the business of a stockjobber : the buying and selling of stocks : dealing in securities often on a speculative basis * * * stockˈjobbing noun …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8Agiotage — Ag i*o*tage, n. [F. agiotage, fr. agioter to practice stockjobbing, fr. agio.] Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. [1913 Webster] Vanity and agiotage are to a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9Delusion — De*lu sion . [L. delusio, fr. deludere. See {Delude}.] 1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being deluded or misled. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10Acol, Kent — infobox UK place static static image caption=St. Mildred s Church, Acol country = England official name= Acol latitude= 51.3597 longitude= 1.3094 os grid reference = TR305675 population = shire district= Thanet shire county = Kent region= South… …

    Wikipedia