block tradern.
/ˈblɒk ˌtreɪdə/, U.S. /ˈblɑk ˌtreɪdər/ Stock Market (originally U.S.).
A dealer who buys and sells securities in large quantities; (also) a broker or firm of brokers acting as an intermediary in the negotiation of such a deal.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > type of
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > stock-broker > type of
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1961 Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.) 24 July 2/1 He listed the moderating and leading influence of bank trust departments, mutual funds, endowment funds and other major block traders as still the weather-vanes of the growing markets.
1969 Financial Analysts Jrnl. 25 (front matter) (advt.) Eastman Dillon has experienced block traders adept at bringing sellers and buyers together as quickly as anyone in the business.
1983 Forbes 26 Sept. 208/1 Jefferies Group, Inc., a well-known California block trader, joins the ranks of brokerage firms going public.
2020 New Yorker 20 July 43/3 Mnuch loved his block traders... He'd come out of his glass office, and take out his megaphone, and he'd say, ‘Fifty thousand shares of whatever, we've got to work it in the next five minutes!’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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