Define a stockbroker

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A stockbroker is someone who buys, sells, and trades stocks — or shares in companies — for a living. Most stockbrokers work for brokerage firms.

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People who have money to invest often buy stocks, which is like buying a small portion of a company, and then sell them when they've increased in value. Someone whose job involves buying and selling stocks for clients is a stockbroker.

It's more common these days to use the terms "broker" or "financial adviser," but stockbroker has been around since the 's, from the sense of a broker as "someone who buys and sells. Whether you're a student, an educator, or a life-long learner, Vocabulary.

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