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insider|ˌɪnˈsaɪdə(r)|
[f. inside + -er1.]
1. One who is inside; a person who is within the limits of some place, society, organization, etc.; hence, one in possession of special information, one who is ‘in the secret’. Opposed to outsider. Also attrib. and Comb.
In quot. 19571 with play on title of Colin Wilson's work The Outsider.
1848W. Armstrong Stocks 7 Insiders are those by whom and through whom all transactions are made in and about the Exchange. 1875Poste Gaius 1. (ed. 2) 31 Named outsiders (exquilini) as opposed to the burgesses or insiders (inquilini). 1885Pall Mall G. 30 June 6/1 Change him from an outsider into an insider (however slight the connection), and the thing is done. 1892Nation (N. Y.) 22 Dec. 468/3 It was possible for insiders to use its revelations in speculation on the Bourse. 1902H. L. Wilson Spenders xxx. 355 Shepler's back of all three [stocks]. The insiders are buying up now, slowly and cautiously, so as not to start any boom prematurely. 1913Q. Rev. July 256 At any rate, as regards the original 10,000 shares bought by Sir Rufus Isaacs, they took part in it as ‘insiders’ exploiting the ignorance of the public. 1923F. Waldo Down Mackenzie through Gt. Lone Land 248 The Outsider cannot know; the Insider never can make clear to him the grip that holds, the urge that stirs and never sleeps. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 2 Estimates concerning the output of Japanese airplane industry vary. Insiders consider it to be from 1,500 to 2,500 planes a year. 1957Observer 8 Sept. 10/2 They are fools who compare him [sc. Anouilh] with Pinero, a born insider who upheld conformity and bade us compromise with imperfection. 1957C. Pepler Riches Despised ii. 27 To the outsider in fact all these religions would have seemed more or less alike... Indeed the insiders, the Israelites, found themselves all too easily drawn to the high places of the mountains. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 30 May 293/3 At any moment earnest pedantry may break through to reveal a very young man's novel with nothing much to say and not quite enough ‘insider’ knowledge to avoid a ‘gaffe’. 1966Economist 12 Feb. 642/2 The main thrust of the Act was to apply to smaller US companies the same financial reporting, proxy-solicitation and insider-trading rules that have long been applied to larger US corporations. 1972Observer 10 Sept. 11/3 The softness of our line compared with that of the US shows up clearly in the area of insider trading. In Britain it is not illegal to use confidential information to make a profit in the stock market. 1973Times 8 June 1/2 The Stock Exchange has reiterated its view that ‘insider dealing’ in a company's shares should be made a criminal offence. In a memorandum on company law reform presented to the Department of Trade and Industry, it says the police should be empowered to call for the disclosure of true beneficial ownership when they suspect that insider trading has taken place under the cloak of nominee shareholdings.
2. U.S. slang. A pocket or pocket-book.
1846National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 12 Sept. 5/1 The mode adopted to get an ‘insider’ or what may be better understood, the book from an inside coat pocket is as follows. 1896I. K. Friedman Lucky Number 154 Britch is used to designate the front-pocket; gerve, vest-pocket; insider, inside coat-pocket; [etc.]. 1925H. Leverage in Flynn's 7 Feb. 489/2 Insider (a double insider), an inside vest pocket. 1955D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxiv. 115 An insider is the long flat wallet carried inside the breast-pocket. 1970C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 69 Insiders, one's pockets.
†3. An inside passenger. Obs.
1854B. F. Taylor Jan. & June 170 ‘No Room For Two!’ was the exclamation of some insider, the other morning. 1892Harper's Mag. Jan. 257/1 The exhilarating pace, the smooth roads, and the juxtaposition of the insiders tended, in a high degree, to the promotion of enjoyment. |