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Definition of Bucket shop

1. Noun. An unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm.

2. Noun. (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket.

Definition of Bucket shop

1. Noun. (context: finance pejorative obsolete) A stockbroking firm which takes small orders from clients and takes them on its own account rather than actually transmitting them to the market. Prevalent in the US 1870s to 1920s; often setup as shop-fronts in the 1920s. ¹

2. Noun. (context: pejorative finance) A stockbroking firm which sells stock to clients when it has an undisclosed relationship with that company or its owners. ¹

3. Noun. (context: travel dated) a travel agency selling discounted airfares, usually in defiance of existing minimum fare arrangements. Now usually refers to any small cheap agency. ¹

4. Noun. (legal) a legal services firm selling heavily discounted legal services and documents made in large volume from boilerplate text and clauses, sometimes as a white labelled loss leader ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucket Shop

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bucket lists bucket naked bucket seat bucket seats bucket shop (current term) bucket shops bucketball bucketed bucketed down bucketful

bucketfuls bucketing bucketing down bucketless bucketlike bucketload bucketloads buckets buckets down

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