jobber
noun/ˈdʒɒbə(r)/
/ˈdʒɑːbər/
- (also stockjobber)(finance) (in the UK in the past) a person who worked on the stock exchange, buying shares, etc. from brokers and selling them to other brokers compare broker-dealerTopics Jobsc2Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘broker, middleman’, originally not derogatory): from job.
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