Wirehouse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wirehouse is a noun meaning (Canada, US, finance) A major brokerage company, generally nationwide, with multiple branches.
Meaning
(Canada, US, finance) A major brokerage company, generally nationwide, with multiple branches.
More Meanings
- (Canada, US, finance, obsolete) A brokerage company with a telegraph line, telephone line, or electronic communication network.
Example Sentences
The so-called ‘wire house’ …is a product of the boom times.
The “market information” is more diversified than formerly, and in many ways the “wire house” can fill a place that the old-style …
Ten years ago, the Wall Street wirehouse brokerage firm seemed unassailable – part of the very firmament underpinning the entire investment industry from coast to coast.
Word Forms
- wirehouses
- wire-house
- wire house
Related Words
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