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Market Maker

Trading Term

A broker-dealer who holds shares of a particular security for the purpose of facilitating trading of that security. Market makers provide buy and sell quotations for a guaranteed number of shares. When orders are received, a market maker sells from its own inventory of shares or finds an offsetting order.

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