Bucket-shop - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbʌkɪtʃɒp|  American pronunciation of the word bucket-shop
Brit.  |ˈbʌkɪtʃɒp|  British pronunciation of the word bucket-shop

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- (pejorative, finance) A stockbroking firm which sells stock to clients when it has an undisclosed relationship with that company or its owners.
- (travel, dated) a travel agency selling discounted airfares, usually in defiance of existing minimum fare arrangements. Now usually refers to any small cheap agency.
- (law) 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
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