proprietary trading
noun [U] (also principal trading) STOCK MARKET, FINANCEDefinition
› trading by a financial organization to make a profit for itself rather than its customers: No more than a quarter of a bank's capital can be devoted to a single activity such as proprietary trading. proprietary trading activities/operations
(Definition of proprietary trading noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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