English

Noun

stockjobbing ‎(usually uncountable, plural stockjobbings)

1. (trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 20:

     poor Kendall had a hard time of it to stop them at last, as Amos will to stop the mouths of the people about his stockjobbing.

Related terms

• stockjobber