bucket shops

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Definition of bucket shops in English English dictionary: plural form of bucket shop
bucket shop: A stock broking firm which takes small orders from clients and takes them on its own account rather than actually transmitting them to the market. Prevalent in the US 1870s to 1920s; often setup as shop-fronts in the 1920s
bucket shop: a travel agency selling discounted airfares, usually in defiance of existing minimum fare arrangements. Now usually refers to any small cheap agency
bucket shop: A stock broking firm which sells stock to clients when it has an undisclosed relationship with that company or its owners
bucket shop: a legal services firm selling heavily discounted legal services and documents made in large volume from boilerplate text and clauses, sometimes as a white labelled loss leader
bucket shop: cheap saloon in the past that sold liquor in buckets; unstable and unethical brokerage firm; (Bitish Slang) travel agency that sells cheap air tickets; broker who practices bucketing
bucket shop: (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm
bucket shop: An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc
bucket shop: a place that sells cheap plane tickets

bucket shops

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buck·et shops

bʌkıt şäps

/ˈbəkət ˈsʜäps/ /ˈbʌkət ˈʃɑːps/

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