Definition of Stockbroker

1. Noun. An agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds.

Generic synonyms: Agent, Broker, Factor

Definition of Stockbroker

1. n. A broker who deals in stocks.

Definition of Stockbroker

1. Noun. (finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stockbroker

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stockbroker

stock trader
stock up
stock variable
stock vehicle
stock warrant
stockade
stockaded
stockades
stockading
stockage
stockages
stockboy
stockboys
stockbreeder
stockbreeders
stockbroker (current term)
stockbroker belt
stockbrokerage
stockbrokerages
stockbrokers
stockbroking
stockbrokings
stockcar
stockcars
stockdove
stockdoves
stocked
stocked with
stocken
stockens

Literary usage of Stockbroker

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

1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1921)
"In an action by the customer against the stockbroker under RL c. 99, § 4, it was held, that the foregoing facts were not inconsistent with a finding that ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Special Classes of Agents by William Lawrence Clark, Henry Heckerman Skyles (1905)
"A national bank, however, cannot act as a stockbroker.467 § 804. Distinction between stockbroker and ordinary broker. The distinctions between a stockbroker ..."

3. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1891)
"Authority given to a stockbroker by hie client to pledge the client's securities ... iS. had deposited for custody with a stockbroker bonds if n foreign ..."

4. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1921)
"In an action by the customer against the stockbroker under RL c. 99, § 4, it was held, that the foregoing facts were not inconsistent with a finding that ..."

5. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Claims by Customers against Bankrupt stockbroker.— Claims by customers against a bankrupt stockbroker buying and selling stock on margins, are provable and ..."

6. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Francis Towers Streeten, George Stevens Allnutt (1863)
"The stockbroker borrowed money from the plaintiff, also a member of the Stock ... On others of the bonds the stockbroker, without the knowledge of his ..."

7. Forms of Pleading in Actions for Legal Or Equitable Relief: Prepared with by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1898)
"By stockbroker, for Money Advanced on Account of His Principal in the Purchase ... I. That plaintiff is a stockbroker, doing business in the city of .s II. ..."

8. Rupert Brooke: A Memoir by Edward Howard Marsh (1922)
"... should be one with every little clergyman, and the stockbroker's most secret hope should be his hope. In the end, the words of Strindberg's heroine are ..."

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