Definition of Broker-dealer

1. Noun. A financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal.

Generic synonyms: Dealer, Principal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broker-dealer

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brokeness
brokenhearted
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedness
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brokennesses
broker
broker-dealer (current term)
brokerage
brokerage account
brokerage firm
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brokeries
brokering
brokerings
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brokers
brokership
brokerships
brokery

Literary usage of Broker-dealer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1853)
"... clerk, agent, or other employee, may be situated, and if the said commissioner »ball be of opinion that any such banker, broker, dealer, officer, agent, ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1853)
"... clerk, agent, or other employee, may be situated, and if the said commissioner shall be of opinion that any such banker, broker, dealer, officer, agent, ..."

3. Securities Arbitration: Actions Needed to Address Problem of Unpaid Awards by Thomas J. McCool, Michael A. Burnett (2001)
"First, they would propose to NASD's Board and SEC a rule amendment that a respondent broker-dealer that has been terminated, suspended, or barred from NASD, ..."

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