"market maker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: market makers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} market maker (plural market makers)
  1. (finance) A person or company that undertakes to quote both a buy and a sell price for a financial instrument. Wikipedia link: market maker Categories (topical): Finance Translations (one who undertakes to quote buying and selling price for a financial instrument): 做市商 (zuòshìshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), tvůrce trhu [masculine] (Czech), markkinatakaaja (Finnish), ειδικός διαπραγματευτής (eidikós diapragmateftís) [masculine] (Greek), formator de piață [masculine] (Romanian), likviditetsgarant [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-market_maker-en-noun-AokfhZPM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, finance

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