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stock-job

stock-job is the alternative form of stockjob.

Meaning of stockjob

Verb

stockjob (third-person singular simple present stockjobs, present participle stockjobbing, simple past and past participle stockjobbed)

  1. (UK, obsolete) To engage in speculative or underhanded trading in stocks or securities, often with an implication of sharp dealing or manipulation.

Forms of stock-job

third-person singular presentstock-jobs
present participlestock-jobbing
past participlestock-jobbed
paststock-jobbed

Questions about stock-job

What is stock-job the alternative form of?
Stock-job is the alternative form of stockjob.

Words near stock-job in the dictionary

  1. stock-boy
  2. stock-boys
  3. stock-gillyflower
  4. stock-gillyflowers
  5. stock-in-trade
  6. stock-job
  7. stock-jobber
  8. stock-jobbers
  9. stock-keeping unit
  10. stock-keeping units
  11. stock-out

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