stock-jobbingn.adj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstock-ˌjobbing.

A. n.

The business of a stock-jobber; buying and selling of stock as practised by a jobber; loosely, speculative dealing in stocks and shares.Often with unfavourable implication of rash or dishonest speculation; esp. with reference to the abuses of the early 18th cent., which led to condemnation by Act of Parliament (see quot. 1734).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun]

jobbing1606

stock-jobbing1692

stockbroking1792

stockholding1830

stockbrokerage1837

stockbrokery1874

agiotage1880

stock-jobbery1882

1692 Gentleman's Jrnl. Jan. 8 The modern Trade, or rather Game, called Stoc [k] -Jobbing.

1694 Coll. Improvem. Husbandry & Trade No. 97. ⁋1 Joint Stocks, and of the various dealings therein, commonly called Stock-Jobbing.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Stock-jobbing, a sharp, cunning, cheating Trade of Buying and Selling Shares of Stock in East-India, Guinea and other Companies; also in the Bank, Exchequer, &c.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 114. ⁋5 Usury, Stock-jobbing, Extortion and Oppression, have their Seed in the Dread of Want.

1734 Act 7 Geo. II c. 8 §1 The wicked, pernicious and destructive Practice of Stock-jobbing.

1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. viii. 360 The selfishness which degrades political warfare into a branch of stock-jobbing.

1888 E. J. Goodman Too Curious xii All that has been said about stock-jobbing being morally as bad as betting on racehorses.

B. adj. (and attributive use of the verbal noun).

That deals in stocks and shares; concerned with this business or traffic.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective]

stock-jobbing1697

stockbroking1792

stock exchange1849

stock-market1930

1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn sig. A5^v To advance Stocks, and Stock-Jobbing Trades.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 324 So may your wise Stock-jobbing Crimp go on.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 77 All you have got for the present is a paper circulation, and a stock-jobbing constitution.

1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 Sept. 660 Margate..is..thickly settled with stock-jobbing cuckolds, at this time of the year.

1888 E. J. Goodman Too Curious xxii This is really no stock-jobbing dodge, but a bonâ-fide thing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	stock-jobbing
释义	stock-jobbingn.adj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstock-ˌjobbing. A. n. The business of a stock-jobber; buying and selling of stock as practised by a jobber; loosely, speculative dealing in stocks and shares.Often with unfavourable implication of rash or dishonest speculation; esp. with reference to the abuses of the early 18th cent., which led to condemnation by Act of Parliament (see quot. 1734). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] jobbing1606 stock-jobbing1692 stockbroking1792 stockholding1830 stockbrokerage1837 stockbrokery1874 agiotage1880 stock-jobbery1882 1692 Gentleman's Jrnl. Jan. 8 The modern Trade, or rather Game, called Stoc [k] -Jobbing. 1694 Coll. Improvem. Husbandry & Trade No. 97. ⁋1 Joint Stocks, and of the various dealings therein, commonly called Stock-Jobbing. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Stock-jobbing, a sharp, cunning, cheating Trade of Buying and Selling Shares of Stock in East-India, Guinea and other Companies; also in the Bank, Exchequer, &c. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 114. ⁋5 Usury, Stock-jobbing, Extortion and Oppression, have their Seed in the Dread of Want. 1734 Act 7 Geo. II c. 8 §1 The wicked, pernicious and destructive Practice of Stock-jobbing. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. viii. 360 The selfishness which degrades political warfare into a branch of stock-jobbing. 1888 E. J. Goodman Too Curious xii All that has been said about stock-jobbing being morally as bad as betting on racehorses. B. adj. (and attributive use of the verbal noun). That deals in stocks and shares; concerned with this business or traffic. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] stock-jobbing1697 stockbroking1792 stock exchange1849 stock-market1930 1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn sig. A5^v To advance Stocks, and Stock-Jobbing Trades. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 324 So may your wise Stock-jobbing Crimp go on. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 77 All you have got for the present is a paper circulation, and a stock-jobbing constitution. View more context for this quotation 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 Sept. 660 Margate..is..thickly settled with stock-jobbing cuckolds, at this time of the year. 1888 E. J. Goodman Too Curious xxii This is really no stock-jobbing dodge, but a bonâ-fide thing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.adj.1692
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