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1. A situation in which one broker who has direct access to a stock exchange performs trades for a broker who does not have access.
   
   
2. A fraudulent activity in the penny stock market involving two brokers trading a stock back and forth to rack up commissions and give the impression of trading volume.

Investopedia Says:

1. For example, a small firm whose volume of business is not sufficient enough to maintain a trader on the exchange would give its orders to a large dealer for execution.
   
   
2. Jitney, or "the jitney game," is basically the same thing as circular trading. The term originated from "Jitney buses," which was a derogatory slang term for Ford buses at the beginning of the century. A reporter coined the term by alluding to the five-cent piece it cost back then for a bus ride. It has since been used to refer to something that is cheaply and poorly made.

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This is commonly referred to as $5 or a chip valuing $5. This derives from the jitney bus which had a 5 cent fare at one time.

SoundPoker Says: For example a player may cash out saying "I have 5 stacks of jitney".

See Also: Cash Out, Chips, Nickel

noun
noun, US

A five-cent piece, a nickel. (1903 —) .
W. Saroyan Call that money? A jitney? A nickel? (1947).

[Origin unknown.]

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For a list of words related to jitney, see:

• Trucks and Buses - jitney: small passenger bus or van with flexible schedule over regular route
• Types of Trains, Cars, and Lines - jitney: four-wheel electric baggage car in terminal
• Trolleys - jitney: small passenger bus or van with flexible schedule over regular route

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ubetydelighed, bagatel

Nederlands (Dutch)
taxibusje, Amerikaanse nickel

Français (French)
n. - pièce de cinq cents, véhicule à itinéraire fixe et prix modique

Deutsch (German)
n. - billiges Sammeltaxi, Fünfcentstück

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεωφορείο γραμμής

Italiano (Italian)
soldo (5 centesimi), piccolo autobus

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lotação (f), pequeno veículo (m) motorizado de passageiros

Русский (Russian)
пять центов, маршрутное такси, старый автомобиль

Español (Spanish)
n. - auto destartalado, autobús pequeño, colectivo, moneda de cinco centavos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - billighetsbuss

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
五分镍币, 小型公共汽车

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 五分鎳幣, 小型公共汽車

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소형버스, 5센트 짜리 동전, 고물차

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小型乗合バス, ガタガタ自動車
adj. - 安物の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) باص رخيص, تكسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אוטובוס זול, מונית‬

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