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Brokerage account

Meaning in investing & the stock market, with examples

/ˈbroʊkərɪdʒ əˌkaʊnt/nounCore term

In investing & the stock market, brokerage account means: An account at a broker that holds your cash and investments and lets you buy and sell shares, bonds, funds and other securities.

In Turkish: yatırım hesabı, aracı kurum hesabı

How it is used

You open, fund, transfer or close a brokerage account. Platforms show the account balance, cash available and open positions. In the UK it is often called a trading account or an investment account.

Example sentences

  1. You need to open a brokerage account before you can apply for the IPO.

  2. I transferred 20,000 lira from my bank to my brokerage account this morning.

Common collocations

  • open a brokerage account
  • fund a brokerage account
  • online brokerage account
  • account balance
  • brokerA person or firm that buys and sells shares and other securities for clients, usually in exchange for a fee called a commission.
  • commissionA fee that a broker charges for carrying out a buy or sell order, either a fixed amount per trade or a percentage of the trade's value.
  • margin tradingBuying securities with money partly borrowed from a broker, using the investments in the account as security for the loan.
  • settlementThe final step of a trade, when the buyer pays the money and the seller delivers the securities, making the transfer of ownership complete.

More terms: Orders & Trading

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