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commission house

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Commission House
A brokerage or merchant firm which buys and sells futures contracts for customer accounts.

Notes:
They typically use omnibus accounts to do this.


Commission house
A firm that buys and sells futures contracts for customer accounts. Related: futures commission merchant, omnibus account.

commission house
A firm whose primary business is the execution of its customers' orders to buy and sell securities, activities for which it earns a fee. Commission houses earn the name from acting as brokers rather than as dealers.

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