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order

securities or to perform work [a purchase ] [a work ] alternative order : an order to a broker in which alternative methods of carrying out the order (as by buying or selling) are set forth open

Stock Exchange

works of Melsheimer and Laurence, Brodhurst, and Stutfield. Also, the place where they meet to transact business. See BROKER. Perhaps the most important of the London Stock Exchange Rules are Rules 66 and 75, by which:- 66.

Stockbroker

2, c. 8 (known as Sir John Barnard's Act), required a stock-broker to keep a book called the brokers book, to enter all contracts for stock made by him on the same day, with the names of

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Auctioneers

Auctioneers, licensed agents appointed to sell property and to conduct sales or auctions. They differ from brokers, in that the latter may both buy and sell, whereas auctioneers can only sell; also brokers sell by

Wholesale dealer

person who buys or sells excisable goods wholesale for the purpose of trade or manufacture, and includes a broker or commission agent who, in addition to making contracts for the sale or purchase of excisable goods for

Factor

principal, and a foreign factor when he resides in a different state or country. He differs from a broker in this, and he may buy and sell in his own name, and is entrusted with the possession

Bought and Sold Notes

Bought and Sold Notes. It is no longer the custom for brokers who have succeeded in making a contract to make any entry in their books save for their own

Brocage

Brocage, the wages or hire of a broker; also termed Brokerage, 12 Rich. 2, c. 2.

Cabalist

Cabalist, a factor or broker in French commerce.

Agent

fix him with the same liability in contract or tort as if he had done it himself. See BROKER, FACTOR, MERCANTILE AGENT, VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, and consult Bowstead on Agency or Evans on Principal and Agent. Where the

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