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Wall Street slang for a firm.
Shop
1. Among workers on Wall Street, informal for a company, especially a publicly-traded company.

2. To seek out the best bid price or ask price possible for a security by contacting a large number of broker-dealers.
shop
A dealership in securities.
shop
To contact a number of dealers in a security in an effort to obtain the most advantageous bid or ask price.
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Once you've shopped around, you can be certain that you got the best deal in the area.
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Before you set out to search for a home, you should have shopped around for a mortgage and be pre-approved.
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