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Brokerage

The business or employment of a broker.

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Bucket shop 76% connected

An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Broker 74% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent.

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Broker 74% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent.

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Agent 70% connected

Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

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Broker 70% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent.

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Factor 70% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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Adjourn verb · 78% connection

To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public busine…

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Board noun · 78% connection

A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…

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Bond trading noun · 78% connection

trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)

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Bond-trading activity noun · 78% connection

trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)

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Bookkeeping noun · 78% connection

The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other…

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Borrowed capital noun · 78% connection

capital which the business borrows from institutions or people; includes various debentures.; "Capital contributed by the owner or ent…

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Brokery noun · 78% connection

The business of a broker.

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Broking adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage.

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Calling noun · 78% connection

One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.

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Cambist noun · 78% connection

A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

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Carry verb · 78% connection

To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying…

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Craft noun · 78% connection

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.

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Crimp noun · 78% connection

A coal broker.

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Dealer noun · 78% connection

One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as…

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Discounter noun · 78% connection

One who discounts; a discount broker.

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Employ noun · 78% connection

That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.

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Employment noun · 78% connection

That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employmen…

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the c…

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