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SECURITIES FIRM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does securities firm mean? 

SECURITIES FIRM (noun)
  The noun SECURITIES FIRM has 1 sense:

1. a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and sellerplay

  Familiarity information: SECURITIES FIRM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SECURITIES FIRM (noun)


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 ("securities 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 "securities 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 "securities firm"):

bucket shop (an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm)

marriage brokerage; marriage mart (a business that arranges marriage contracts)


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