单词 | market man |
释义 | market mann. 1. A man who buys or sells in a market. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > trader at market market man1533 marketeer1665 marketer1787 1533 T. Elyot Pasquil the Playne sig. A2 Pasquille is an olde Romane, but by longe sittinge in the strete, and hering market men chat, he is become rude and homely. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 336v As the mercatemenne [L. mercatores]..dooe bryng out a litle modicum of wheate..in a treen dishe for a saumple. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vii. 54 So worthlesse Pezants bargaine for their Wiues, As Market men for Oxen. View more context for this quotation 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 18 The Market-man counteth that but an evil Market-day, that he hath not gained somewhat on. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. i. 180/1 He thought that Minister and Market man, were not Unisons. 1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 127 He being always the market-man for cheese, as he knew how to buy it good better than any other of the family. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1969) I. 436 A vender, a market-man, in moral and intellectual knowledge. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 6 Thick-ankled girls..made place For marketmen glad to pitch basket down. 1925 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 25 Apr. 1244/1 ‘Rabbit fever’ was well known among market men. 1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory 137 At night he would remove his kill to a secret storeroom he had built behind a false wall in his house and, when it was safe, would sell it to marketmen who were happy enough to observe the old forest adage Non est inquirendum unde venit venison. 2. Stock Market. A person (esp. a man) who works in a stock exchange. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > jobber in stock exchange jobbera1626 stock-jobbera1626 dealer1719 market dealer1872 market man1895 market-maker1962 1895 Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 7/1 Market men who attended..reckoned that the natural course of the shares was to fall. 1979 Times of India 17 Aug. 10/2 Some marketmen seem to have started thinking that..some select shares could be picked up at lower levels in a small way. 1984 Times 17 Feb. 18/4 This has led to the growing belief among many marketmen that a bid may be just around the corner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533 |
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