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SECURITIES FIRM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
Synonyms:
brokerage; brokerage firm; securities firm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("securities firm" is a kind of...):
nondepository financial institution (a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance)
Meronyms (members of "securities firm"):
agent; broker; factor (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "securities firm"):
bucket shop (an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm)
marriage brokerage; marriage mart (a business that arranges marriage contracts)