Reverse Dictionary: STOCKS

ADJECTIVES
1870 ► in the stock exchange: slow, dull → SICK 

NOUNS
1641 ► a share in a joint-stock company → ACTION → obs.
1841 ► on the Stock Market: a fraudulent or worthless security → FANCY → Amer. sl.
1860 ► on the Stock Exchange: a market in which sales of stock are difficult to place → SICK MARKET → colloq.
1897 ► a small boom on the Stock Exchange → BOOMLET 
20C ► something displayed prominently, and at cut-price rate, to encourage further buying of other stock → LOSS-LEADER → Can. sl.
1900 ► a killing, as in the stock market, etc.; a coup → PUNCH 
1901 ► trading on the stock market which is considered disreputable or dishonest → MARKET MONGERING → depreciative, rare
1934 ► any major stock exchange → BIG BOARD → US sl.
1981 ► on the Stock Exchange: a company that comes to the aid of another facing an unwelcome takeover bid → WHITE KNIGHT → sl.
1984 ► the New York Stock Exchange Inc. → THE BIG BOARD → sl.
1986 ► the deregulation of the London Stock Exchange on 27 October, 1986, when a number of complex changes  in trading practices were put into effect simultaneously → THE BIG BANG → sl.
1988 ► a minor fluctuation, usually upward, in the stock market or other measures of corporate fortunes → BLIP → US sl.
1988 ► the repurchase of a premium of stock by a target company from the company attempting a takeover → GOOD-BYE KISS → US sl.
1990 ► a tiny rise or recovery after a decline → DEAD-CAT BOUNCE → Amer. stock market usage

NOUNS, PERSON
1629 ► a person who monopolizes or buys up the whole of the market in a commodity → MARKET-MONGER → obs.
1719 ► on the Stock Exchange: a speculator for a fall; i.e. one who sells stock for delivery at a future date, in the expectation that meanwhile prices will fall, and he will be able to buy in at a lower rate what he has contracted to deliver at a higher → BEAR 
1720 ► a shareholder in a joint-stock company; one who owns actions → ACTIONIST → obs.
1726 ► early name of the ‘bear’ on the Stock Exchange, a speculator for a fall; one who sells stock for delivery at a future date, in the expectation that meanwhile prices will fall, and he will be able to buy in at a lower rate what he has contracted to deliver at a higher → BEARSKIN JOBBER 
1728 ► a share-holder in a joint-stock company → ACTIONARY → obs.
1810 ► a defaulter, a bankrupt → FALLEN ANGEL → Stock Exchange usage
1820 ► one who has no money in stocks → LACK-STOCK 
1825 ► a shareholder → ACTIONER → obs.
1831 ► in the stock exchange: a defaulter; one who fails to meet obligations → WADDLER 
1887 ► on the Stock Market: an investor who initiates or participates in a bear raid (a speculative attempt to profit from a fall in the price of a stock, or to cause the price to fall in order to make a profit) → BEAR RAIDER 
1888 ► on the Stock Exchange, one who sells stock at lower than the official rates → SCALPER 
1890 ► a broker dealing out of, or frequently changing, his market → POACHER → Stock Exchange colloq.
1903 ► on the Stock Exchange: an official who collects the prices of stock for transmission on the tape → TAPE-WORM → (Bk.)
1911 ► a person who is willing to take up a commitment made by a ‘bull’ dealer, in the event of the dealer being unable or unwilling to pay for it at that time → TAKER-IN 
1931 ► on the stock market: a high-pressure salesman → AIREDALE → US sl.
1973 ► on the Stock Exchange: a jobber’s clerk → PINK BUTTON → Brit. sl.
1977 ► a person who trades in securities, commodities, etc., hoping to profit from price differentials in various markets → ARB → orig. US 
1985 ► a person who holds or purchases a minority stake in a company facing an unwelcome takeover bid, and lends support to the existing management → WHITE SQUIRE 
1988 ► a stock investor looking for stocks with a poor recent showing → BOTTOM FISHER → US sl.
1997 ► conservative small stockholders whose income relies on blue-chip stock dividends Wall Street sl. → WIDOWS AND ORPHANS → (Bk.)
2006 ► one who manipulates rather then simply speculates in stock of companies with announced or rumoured deals Amer. sl. → GARBITRAGEUR → (Bk.)
2006 ► a small investor who monitors his or her investments by watching the transaction tape, in a brokerage officer or on cable TV → TAPE WATCHER → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
1894 ► said of stock exchange business done on the street-pavement, esp. after the exchange is closed for the day → ON THE KERB 

VERBS
1884 ► on the Stock Exchange: to depress prices, the market → BANG 
1886 ► to buy and sell stocks so as to make small quick profits → SCALP → colloq.
1900 ► to make a killing in the goldfields, stock market, etc. → MAKE A PUNCH → Aust. sl.