prop shop

noun

A proprietary trading firm.

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Meanings

nounprop shop (plural prop shops)

plural prop shops

  1. slangbusinessA proprietary trading firm.

    The two biggest high-frequency trading firms, Citadel and Getco, were easily the smartest. Some of the prop shops were smart, too. The big banks, at least for now, were all slow.

    2014, Michael Lewis, Flash Boys, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 65
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