private-wire house

短语

词形变化

private-wire houses 复数 private-wire houses

别名

private wire house

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brokerage company with a telegraph line, telephone line, or electronic communication network.

    加拿大 美国 废旧 商务 金融

    All the private-wire houses were active on the selling side, those most talked of in connection with the Wall Street bull interest being the most active.

词源

1894, due to these brokerage companies owning or leasing telegraph lines (which occurred since 1873), so that market information could be transmitted more quickly.

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