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stockjobbing

UK/ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/

stockjobbing noun: making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares. Also the present participle and gerund of stockjob.

Noun

stockjobbing (usually uncountable, plural stockjobbings)

  1. (dated, usually) 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.1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 20

Also used as

stockjobbing is also the present participle and gerund of stockjob.

Forms of stockjobbing

pluralstockjobbings

Origin of stockjobbing

From stockjobber.

Questions about stockjobbing

What does stockjobbing mean?
Stockjobbing means making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
What part of speech is stockjobbing?
Stockjobbing is a noun.
How do you pronounce stockjobbing?
Stockjobbing is pronounced /ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of stockjobbing?
The plural of stockjobbing is stockjobbings.

Words near stockjobbing in the dictionary

  1. stockjob
  2. stockjobbed
  3. stockjobber
  4. stockjobbers
  5. stockjobbery
  6. stockjobbing
  7. stockjobbings
  8. stockjobs
  9. stockjudging
  10. stockkeeper
  11. stockkeepers

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