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brokerage firm

brokerage firm

16 4.1
A company that helps people buy and sell stocks and other investments for a fee
  • noun
  • /ˈbroʊkərɪdʒ fɜrm/
  • Specialized
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  • After researching various options, he opened an account at a local brokerage firm to begin trading stocks.
  • brokerage firm market

He's going to get ripped off by these, you know, brokerage firms.

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Examples

  • Since REITs can generate trading commissions, brokerage firms have an incentive to issue recommendations.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Now, you don't have to be an investment bank or brokerage firm to get the professional power of Zacks' research.

    Blog text (31)
  • I'm, uh, gonna stop by a brokerage firm after work.

  • I spent six years in compliance at a major brokerage firm, then three years in enforcement at the commission.

  • Accordingly, most retail investors who have the benefit of advice obtain it instead from brokerage firms.

    Academic text (2018)
  • You can't expect the brokerage firm to give you a break.

    Blog text (33)
  • In addition, the government has licensed brokerage firms and offered incentives for the purchase of all types of securities.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Banks and brokerage firms must issue Forms 1099-DIV and 1099-INT to investors, reporting interest and dividend income.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The sample of recommendations is split into those issued by full-service banks, syndicate banks, brokerage firms, and independent research firms.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Last year, some of Wall Street's biggest brokerage firms were fined a total of $8.25 million for not preserving e-mail communications properly.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

brokerage
vsbrokerage firm
60 5.8

A company that helps people buy and sell things like stocks for a fee

focuses specifically on financial securities rather than any kind of transaction
stockbroker
vsbrokerage firm
44 4.4

A person who buys and sells company shares for clients

is an organized company acting as intermediary rather than an individual practitioner
securities firm
vsbrokerage firm
  • Specialized
12 4.3

A company that buys and sells stocks and bonds for people or companies and charges a fee

is the general company term with identical financial intermediary role
brokerage house
vsbrokerage firm
  • Specialized
7 4.5

A company that buys and sells stocks or other investments for clients

limits activity to financial securities rather than including commodities or other assets
broker-dealer
vsbrokerage firm
  • Specialized
3 6.1

A person or company that buys and sells stocks and bonds for clients and trades for itself

only acts as intermediary for clients and does not trade for its own account
commodity brokerage
vsbrokerage firm
  • Specialized
6.8

A company that buys and sells raw materials like oil or grain for clients and charges a fee

focuses on financial securities rather than primarily on commodity markets

How Big

multinational
112 4.4
commodity brokerage
  • Specialized
6.8
brokerage firm
  • Specialized
16 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

brokerage + firm

The compound is fully compositional: a 'brokerage firm' is simply a firm that does brokerage (i.e., a company acting as an intermediary for buying and selling). This noun–noun construction follows a common, transparent pattern and is easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows 'brokerage' and 'firm'.

Etymology

Brokerage firm comes from broker, a person who stands between buyers and sellers, and firm, meaning a company. Imagine a broker passing offers between two people and taking a small 'fee' for the help, so brokerage firm means a company that connects buyers and sellers and charges for that service.