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boiler room
noun
1.
a room in a building, ship, etc., that houses one or more steam boilers.
2.
Slang.
a.
a place where illicit brokers engage in high-pressure selling, over the telephone, of securities of a highly speculative nature or of dubious value.
b.
any room or business where salespeople, bill collectors, solicitors for charitable donations, etc., conduct an intensive telephone campaign, especially in a fast-talking or intimidating manner.
Related forms
boil·er-room, adjective
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| boiler room | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc |
| 2. | the part of a steam ship that houses the boilers and furnaces |
| 3. | the room or department in which the real work of an organization goes on unseen |
| 4. | (chiefly US) an office used by a team of telephone salespeople, esp of stocks and shares, operating under high pressure |
| 5. | a. a fraudulent scheme in which investors are encouraged to buy non-existent, worthless, or over-priced shares |
| b. (as modifier): a boiler-room scam | |
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