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stock-jobber
ˈstock-ˌjobber a. A member of the Stock Exchange who deals in stocks on his own account; = jobber2 4.a 1626 Sir J. Davies in Carte Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 194/1 He had..played the stock-jobber in buying the debentures, tallies and ticquets,..at a great discompt. a 1692 Shadwell (title) The Volunteers,...
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Stockjobber
Stockjobbers were institutions that acted as market makers in the London Stock Exchange. Prior to the "Big Bang" deregulation of 1986, every stock traded on the exchange passed through a 'jobber's book', that is, they acted as the ultimate
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stock-job
▪ I. † stock-job, n. Obs. rare—1. [Formed as next.] ? An act of stock-jobbing.1719 D'Urfey Pills II. 101 Where Fools manage Bargains by way of Stock-jobb.▪ II. † stock-job, v. Obs. [Back-formation on stock-jobber, -jobbing.] a. trans. To apply the methods of stock-jobbing to, deal with according to ...
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Eustace Bisgood
At his death in Sidmouth, Devon, on 4 March 1958, Bisgood was described as a "retired stock jobber".
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stock-jobbing
ˈstock-ˌjobbing, vbl. n. and ppl. a. A. vbl. n. The business of a stock-jobber; buying and selling of stock as practised by a jobber; loosely, speculative dealing in stocks and shares. Often with unfavourable implication of rash or dishonest speculation; esp. with reference to the abuses of the earl...
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Daniel Raymond
However, he considered the best example of an occupation that never suited society well to be the speculator and the stock-jobber (stock broker): "The
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Tom Nickalls
of which routes would be of strategic importance for developing railways – information which proved invaluable when he returned to England work as a jobber on the London Stock Exchange.
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jobber
▪ I. jobber1 dial. (ˈdʒɒbə(r)) [f. job v.1 + -er1.] One who or that which ‘jobs’, pecks, pokes, thrusts, etc.: see quots. and cf. nut-jobber.1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong s.v. Grimpereau, Some do call that birde a nut iobber. 1868 Atkinson Cleveland Gloss., Jobber, a small spade or iron tool for cu...
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Kenneth Lockwood
Lockwood was born in London, the son of a jobber at the London Stock Exchange.
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François Jacques Houssemayne Du Boulay
Du Boulay was a stock jobber. At one time he was the largest holder of government stock on the Bank of England list.
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Simon Clement
Life
Clement spent his early career as a stock jobber and merchant. grounds that all bank-issued money is backed, either by the "valuable and sufficient security" offered as collateral by the borrower, or by the "proper stock
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Emily Quihampton
In 1860 she married Tom Nickalls, a jobber on the London Stock Exchange with a particular expertise in investing in American railroads.
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Dyne Fenton Smith
Early life
Dyne Fenton Smith was born in 1890 in Hove, Sussex, the eldest son of Charles Edward Smith, a stock jobber who although born in France was of
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Ernest Simpson (cricketer)
Professional and family life
Simpson lived most of his life in Beckenham and joined the Stock Exchange in 1900. He dealt primarily in the US market and worked as a stock jobber.
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Hawkes
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Graham (Harry) Hawkes City Jobber - London Stock Exchange
Graham Hawkes (1947), submarine engineer and entrepreneur
Greg Hawkes (1952), keyboardist for The Cars
Howard Hawkes (1894–
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