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How to pronounce “bucket shop”

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Pronunciation guide for bucket shop

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of bucket shop with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Ice Bucket ChallengeI really like to say that the ice bucket challenge story,
Definition summary: (finance, derogatory, obsolete) A stockbroking firm which takes small orders from clients and takes them on its own account rather than actually transmitting them to the market. Prevalent in the US 1870s to 1920s; often set up as shop-fronts in the 1920s.

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The Ice Bucket Challenge

I really like to say that the ice bucket challenge story,

[Noun]
(finance, derogatory, obsolete) A stockbroking firm which takes small orders from clients and takes them on its own account rather than actually transmitting them to the market. Prevalent in the US 1870s to 1920s; often set up as shop-fronts in the 1920s.
(derogatory, finance) A stockbroking firm which sells stock to clients when it has an undisclosed relationship with that company or its owners.
(travel, dated) A travel agency selling discounted airfares, usually in defiance of existing minimum fare arrangements. Now usually refers to any small cheap agency.
(law) A legal services firm selling heavily discounted legal services and documents made in large volume from boilerplate text and clauses, sometimes as a white labelled loss leader.
(heraldry) A company that sells coats of arms associated with the customer's surname, regardless of whether the customer can claim any relation to the original armiger.