stockbroker

[stok-broh-ker] /ˈstɒkˌbroʊ kər/

noun

a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.

Also called broker.

Origin

1700-10; stock + broker

Related forms

stockbrokerage, stock brokerage

[stok-broh-ker-ij] /ˈstɒkˌbroʊ kər ɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), noun

stockbroking, stockbrokering, noun

Examples from the web for stockbroker

And instead of calling a stockbroker or visiting a bank branch, many routinely do trading and banking online.
And then your stockbroker makes a fortune while you go broke.
The best represented of the professions is that of stockbroker.
His first story was about a stockbroker who uses inside information and crosses a moral line.
Sam was a stockbroker who was currently being investigated by his own company.
Her paternal grandfather was a stockbroker and financier.
The whole point of having a stockbroker was to take advantage of his inside information.
They have been issued to follow everything from a timber company to an online stockbroker.
On flotation, the venture-capital subsidiary cashes in its equity and the stockbroker trousers the underwriting fee.
They are on intimate terms with the onetime stockbroker.

British Dictionary definitions for stockbroker

/ˈstɒkˌbrəʊkə/

noun

a person who buys and sells securities on a commission basis for customers Often shortened to broker

Derived Forms

stockbrokerage (ˈstɒkˌbrəʊkərɪdʒ), stockbroking, noun

Word Origin and History for stockbroker

1706, from stock (n.2) + broker.