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red button

red button noun: a clerk employed in the settling room of the stock exchange.

Noun

red button (plural red buttons)

  1. (UK, historical) A clerk employed in the settling room of the stock exchange.
    • Unauthorized clerks or Blue Buttons can make enquiries in the House and ask for prices but may not enter into any contract, while Red Buttons are clerks entitled to work in the Settling or checking Room.1954, Margaret Shelly Rix, Stock Market Economics, page 17
    • The third and junior category, the Settling Room clerks wear a red badge and are known as "red buttons."1964, David Eugene Spray, The Principal Stock Exchanges of the World, page 189

Forms of red button

pluralred buttons

Questions about red button

What does red button mean?
Red button means a clerk employed in the settling room of the stock exchange.
What part of speech is red button?
Red button is a noun.
What is the plural of red button?
The plural of red button is red buttons.

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