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BROKERAGE OFFICE [6 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Finance
DEF

The person within the brokerage office with whom an investor will have most contact[, ] an order taker [or] stock salesman.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Finances
DEF

Intermédiaire entre un agent de change, un courtier et un client, moyennant une remise consentie par l'agent de change.

CONT

Les remisiers conseillent leur clientèle et transmettent leurs ordres aux agents de change avec lesquelles ils sont en relation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

It is common for real estate agents to pay their employing brokers a desk fee when the broker agrees to give the real estate agent 100% of the commission earned by the brokerage on behalf of the agent's efforts. Desk fees vary but are generally a flat fee, an agreed upon rate for operating either in the broker's office or under the broker's license or both.

OBS

desk fee: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • desk fees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

Les montants admissibles à titre de frais de bureau sont les suivants : les frais de location de l'espace de bureau; le coût des fournitures attribuables à l'espace de bureau (coût du chauffage, de l'électricité, des accessoires d'éclairage (ampoules, tubes fluorescents, etc.) et coûts d'entretien (produits de nettoyage et réparations mineures, par exemple), pourvu que le coût de ces fournitures ne soit pas compris dans les frais de location lorsque l'espace de bureau est loué; les taxes, les impôts fonciers et les primes d'assurance relatifs à l'espace de bureau.

OBS

frais de bureau : terme habituellement utlisé au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
CONT

As part of its strategic expansion of operations and services, Emery Forwarding, a global cargo shipping company, has opened a new customs brokerage office based at its Norfolk, Va. service center, providing a full range of customs brokerage services to truck and rail cargo transportation companies doing business in the area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
CONT

Exigences [...] un diplôme d'études secondaires [...] au moins un des associés ou membres du Conseil d'administration d'un bureau de courtage en douane doit avoir complété avec succès l'Examen professionnel des courtiers en douane.

Key term(s)
  • bureau de courtage en douanes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
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Record 4 1991-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

Section of a brokerage firm's back office where funds are received and disbursed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

Terme proposé par la Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

At the other extreme are the hour-to-hour, day-to-day ticker watchers, to be seen in every brokerage office. Generally speaking they buy and sell, sell and buy. Usually, they make money only for their brokers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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