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BROKERAGE FIRM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brokerage firm mean?
• BROKERAGE FIRM (noun)
The noun BROKERAGE FIRM has 1 sense:
1. a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
Familiarity information: BROKERAGE FIRM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
brokerage; brokerage firm; securities firm
Hypernyms ("brokerage firm" is a kind of...):
nondepository financial institution (a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance)
Meronyms (members of "brokerage firm"):
agent; broker; factor (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brokerage firm"):
bucket shop (an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm)
marriage brokerage; marriage mart (a business that arranges marriage contracts)
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