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wirehouses

wirehouses is the plural of wirehouse.

Meaning of wirehouse

Noun

wirehouse (plural wirehouses)

  1. (Canada, US) A major brokerage company, generally nationwide, with multiple branches.
    • Ten years ago, the Wall Street wirehouse brokerage firm seemed unassailable – part of the very firmament underpinning the entire investment industry from coast to coast.2012, Josh Brown, “Perhaps I’ve Been a Bit Too Harsh…”, Wall Street Journal Financial Adviser, January 25, 2012
  2. (Canada, US, obsolete) A brokerage company with a telegraph line, telephone line, or electronic communication network.
    • The so-called ‘wire house’ …is a product of the boom times.1904, N.Y. Evening Post 18 June, 1904 (Financial Section) 1/7

Questions about wirehouses

What is wirehouses the plural of?
Wirehouses is the plural of wirehouse.

Words near wirehouses in the dictionary

  1. wirehead
  2. wireheaded
  3. wireheading
  4. wireheads
  5. wirehouse
  6. wirehouses
  7. wirelength
  8. wirelengths
  9. wireless
  10. wireless adapter
  11. wireless adapters

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