| 单词 | wire house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswire house wire house n. Finance (originally and chiefly U.S.) (originally) a brokerage firm having several branch offices connected to its main office by private telephone or telegraph wires; (now) any large national or international brokerage company. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > stock-broker > brokerage firm stockbrokerage1837 wire house1900 1889 N.Y. Times 2 June 2/7 The local bucket shops had swarms of runners out trying to get quotations from the private-wire houses.] 1900 N.Y. Times 13 May 26/2 On the break, Europe, wire houses, New Orleans, and the near faction all sold the new crop positions. 1966 Economist 25 June 1436/1 It [sc. the New York Stock Exchange] has been firing salvos..about possibly setting up an auxiliary trading floor somewhere in New Jersey... Several larger nation-wide ‘wire’ houses have already said that they are considering some such plans to relocate. 2003 BusinessWeek 3 Feb. 108/1 The wirehouses should announce which research firms they'll be working with in the next six months. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。