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wire⋅room

[wahyuhr-room, -room]
–noun
1. a bookmaking establishment, esp. one disguised as a lawful business.
2. a room, as in a newspaper office or television station, containing a teletype or other equipment for receiving news.

Origin:
wire + room
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wire room

The area in a broker-dealer firm in which customer orders are received from retail offices and are relayed to an exchange floor for execution. Following execution, that information is relayed from the wire room back to retail offices.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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