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• stockjobbery — stockˈjobbery noun • • • Main Entry: ↑stock …   Useful english dictionary

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• jobber — /ˈdʒɒbə / (say jobuh) noun 1. a wholesale merchant, especially one selling to retailers. 2. a dealer in stock exchange securities. Compare broker. 3. a pieceworker. 4. a. someone who practises jobbery. b. someone who is stigmatised as making… …  

• jobbing — /ˈdʒɒbɪŋ/ (say jobing) noun 1. piecework. 2. the practice of dealing in stock exchange securities. 3. → jobbery. –adjective 4. engaging in piecework or small jobs as opposed to mass production: a jobbing foundry. {defs 1–3 (noun) job1 + b + ing1; …