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Definition of stockbroker belt noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stockbroker belt

noun
 
/ˈstɒkbrəʊkə belt/
 
/ˈstɑːkbrəʊkər belt/
[singular] (British English)
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  1. an area outside a large city, where many rich people live
    CultureMany of the people who live in the stockbroker belt work in the city as highly paid professional people, for example stockbrokers (= people who buy and sell shares in companies for other people). Most people think of the typical stockbroker belt as Surrey, south-west of London, but the phrase can be used to refer to any expensive area outside a city.
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