Historical Financial Practices

noun A slang term for a brokerage firm that engages in unethical or fraudulent practices, often selling overpriced securities to unsuspecting customers.

• The government cracked down on illegal bucket shops that were operating without proper licenses.
• I heard there's a bucket shop down the street where you can get cheap airline tickets.
• My friend works at a bucket shop where they sell knockoff designer bags.
• His investment strategy was like playing the stock market at a bucket shop - risky and unreliable.

noun the practice of buying and selling stocks frequently in order to make quick profits

• Stockjobbing is the practice of speculating in the stock market for quick profits.
• I heard he's into stockjobbing now, trying to make some fast money.
• Don't get caught up in all that stockjobbing nonsense, it's risky business.
• Her constant stockjobbing with people's emotions eventually caught up with her.